How We Switch Two Loaded Coal Trains Around

[@raymondsprengelmeyer1278]

Thank you for sharing Dave, I didn't know you had the ability to detect if all the cars were past the switch, another thing I learned from you!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you found out something new Raymond. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@tomedgar4375]

Love the operations side of railroading. Thanks for bringing us along Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear you enjoyed this one Tom. Thank you so much my friend for visiting with us and may you have a very good day.

[@georgepratt3721]

It is the little details, like checking the switch manually, that make this channel interesting

[@thomasfrank144]

Hi Dave, you are one busy guy. Thanks for all your great videos and railroad knowledge.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome and glad you are enjoying the home movies Thomas. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@frederickbooth7970]

Pretty cool stuff. Push a button & switch a switch. Beats the old way of physically pulling a lever.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Frederick. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@sc0tte1-416]

Those locos purr nicely, well maintained!

[@SteveMikre44]

Dave, Thank you for sharing this video about switching the tracks to get the locomotives organized...

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Steve. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Eddy63]

Now that's railroading ... Thx Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Eddy and your welcome. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@KerboOnYT]

That's a neat view that close trackside. Thanks for bringing us along and explaining what was going on.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Kerbo. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Robbie31]

thank you dave for another amazing time at the jobsite

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Robert. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@AnthonyPhillips-zd1ge]

Thanks for the information that you share abount the railroad, very good info! I just recently have become a conductor. I have been watching you for awhile now. Soaking up the information that you shared with your viewers, very good information. Information that can be trusted.

[@robtman9199]

Well Done Dave, I love your enthusiasm and energy. You make railroading fun. Have a great night.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed Rob. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@taofledermaus]

Good stuff! thanks for posting

[@tzadik36]

Thank you for this video! Interesting train switching, but it must be routine and second nature for those involved.

[@williamralph5442]

Cool stuff.Dave. Not only are you the road master, you’re also the switch master...thanks

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment William, I do get involved in a whole lot of variety here, we are short on people and everyone pitches in and helps out when needed. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Always a good time watching those big SD's hauling the black diamonds.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Shane. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@peteryokahui]

Cool stuff alright sir, you never get to see this king of work every day, thumbs up 100%

[@emilwaldman7906]

Dave.... Fascinating !!! I've often wondered what went into "flip-flopping" two trains onto one main line ! Now we all know ! Thank you for your videos ! Most informative on the internet ! Happy New Year my friend !!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Emil and now you know how we do it here with the limited number of tracks we have. Your welcome for the videos, it's my pleasure and they are a lot of fun to make. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Really interesting to see an operational video today, and especially with captions / explanations about different things, e.g., that sand tower switch. Thanks Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed What If We Tried. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ronaldlloyd8829]

Hey Dave I like to thank you for the educational videos about your work. I have been watching this channel for a while even before you made your 2nd one and I find them both very interesting and every time I wach one you're sharing things with everyone about your work, I have learned a lot about what you do and the company you work with you are very blessed to work with a company that allows you to share the work you do with everyone there's not many companies at all that would allow you to do the things that they let you do. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing your videos and learning more about your work. Once again thanks for sharing a bit of your work and family life with us.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the very nice comment Ronald and glad you enjoy the videos. They are a lot of fun to make and yes we are all very thankful the company allows me to do these. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day.

[@lewistodd9242]

Thanks for all the information on the switching operation Dave. I really enjoyed the video. Have a great weekend.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Lewis. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@briankemp5206]

Thank you for sharing Dave, nice switching action.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Brian. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@morse2795]

You sure got a really awesome job Dave. I know there is hard work involved with keeping a track in good shape. Which I would say you sure do an awesome job keeping it in good shape. You also work for a great company that strives in quality and safety of its employees. Thanks for another one of your videos I'll be waiting to watch the next one my friend!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the very nice comment William You are right we do have a good company to work for. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@AP9575-jd]

Have a safe & Happy New Year Dave.

[@clarencewiles963]

Thumbs up 👍 thanks for sharing 😊

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and thank you Clarence, it was my pleasure. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@nolankaplan6646]

Dave - Another great video! Happy new year to you, your family and everyone at the mine!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and Happy New Year to you and yours as well Nolan. Glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@louscannon7493]

The tip about making sure the switch points meet the rails, also applies to your model RR switches as well!

[@ccrx6700]

Yes your right Lou, but when something goes wrong here, it's not like you can use the hand crane to put cars back on track..... :-) Hulcher is a bit more expensive. LOL Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@clarklindquist8137]

Good morning Dave Great seeing you

[@ccrx6700]

Good morning Clark. Always great seeing you also. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bobparsons77]

Happy Holidays Dave.

[@garymessina1609]

Well another great video I'll be quiet for a while surgery tomorrow removing infected bone my left shoulder that's what happens when you let things go too long thanks my friend keep doing what you're doing

[@thomasschlegel7811]

Good fortune with the surgery! Quick recovery.

[@4everdc302]

A 21-car coal train.. I will call him blackjack😊Great operations Dave👷‍♂️🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@ccrx6700]

We don't have enough good cars in service to do much more than that on the short train Doug with 38 being on the main train. Blackjack is good, I never thought of that! Thank you my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy & Hello Dave & Dave Mrs. Wife & Hello Freddy & Merry Christmas & Happy New Year's & The Best in The New Year's 2025

[@djavidianmx1832]

Careful you don't throw out your back throwing that switch 😅😅 Love your channel.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you are enjoying the home movies Djavidian. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brentmiller3951]

Good evening from white oak Pennsylvania right up.the road from you

[@grahamrowe6278]

Cheers Dave...

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Graham. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@genejablonski9909]

Nice switching video. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Healthy and Happy New Year.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Gene. Hope you and yours also have a great holiday. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@46fd04]

Another great video Dave. Hope you had a good Christmas with family and I hope you have a very Happy New Year.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed TFSFireman. Yes it was good and hope you guys also had a great holiday. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thank you Mr. Dave for sharing this video, really interesting how you switch engines in and out. As many have said: You make train videos and Railroading an intersting profession. Had I not drove 18 wheelers for 35 years, I would of loved mastering train engines as a living. At 73 yrs young, train engineer would be a great second profession behind Pastoring Churches. Mr Dave have a wonderful weekend, my friend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed Rev. Harry. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Yet another awesome video Dave. Have a great rest of your day.(Steve)

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Steve. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@ccrx6700 Your very welcome and thank you so mcuh also Dave.

[@ronaldbeal2714]

I wish you will so more videos Dave and I love what you are doing

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks Dave 😃

[@davewallace8219]

Kool to hear the diesels...Notch up!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Dave and you are right they do sound pretty cool.

[@derrickanderson4932]

Good stuff! Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Derrick. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@richardaustin2640]

Well Dave, if it gets any busier, you'll need a signal cabin there! Nice to see some on track action. Keep them rolling 🙂

[@craigh3381]

Thank you for sharing....hope the family had a nice Christmas ..

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Craig and yes we did. Video on Christmas will be on my other channel to be shown soon. We are very blessed to have such a wonderful family. Very much appreciate your watching this video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@camerondean6804]

Happy Holidays to you and your family.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and hope you and yours also had a holly jolly Christmas Cameron. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the video. Sound of cars are heavey . Loaded. Coil springs compressed. I am in Evansville Indiana. Hogue road and CSX tracks. West side of Evansville. 150 coal cars pass by. DPU in the middle at 75 cars. Grain too pass. From Mt Vernon Indiana port on the Ohio river. A lot of activity day and night. Thanks for the explanation on railroading. Later.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

almost 1 year old! you gave the date jan 06,2024 ! the last train was loaded, you could see the compressed springs in the trucks! neat video, yes safety interlocks keep you safe! prevent derailments.

[@ccrx6700]

That is correct Barry last January. I've got tons of videos yet to be shown from 2 or more years ago too. We rely so much on good radio communications here and in everyone following orders. That is one of the reasons I was there at the switch to keep both trains safe from each other. Worst thing that could happen here is if two trains collided. Thank you so much my friend for visiting with us tonight and may you have a very good day.

[@dorothycole8611]

And that is how it is done!

[@SteamCrane]

I like the belt and suspenders on that frog, self guarded plus guard rails! Is the red truck going to watch the shove? Fun video!

[@ccrx6700]

We had a non guarded frog in there before Steam Crane and when we changed it to a self guarded one, we really saw no reason to take the stock rail guards out. Glad you enjoyed and thanks so much for watching my friend.

[@davewallace8219]

Well done dave! Happy holidays!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and hope you and yours also have a great holiday season Dave.

[@jasonoliver5388]

Btw and fantastic video Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Jason. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@danielrongo2367]

Very cool great job explain things you rule

[@donniee1934]

Thanks Dave, another wonderful video.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Donniee. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ericmintz8305]

Hi, Dave, I hope you and your family had a joy filled Christmas and look forward to the best new year ever. I wonder about two things. First, since the train is relatively short, what keeps the engineer from walking up and operating the front locomotive? Wouldn't that be safer? Second, some railroads rule books require switch operators to stand opposite the switch throw when the train passes. For one thing, crossing the track reminds the operator to check the points, and second, it prevents the operator from changing the switch at the last moment ("Oops, I did it again!") and thereby prevents derailments. Thanks for another great video, as always.

[@tmc75rs]

Great video, Dave! Thank you for posting. You mentioned the cars were pretty old. Do you guys own the cars, or do they get swapped with other railroads? What is the life of the cars?

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Dave !!!! ""HAPPY NEW YEAR "" to You & ALL up there !!! 🥳🥳🥳 Have they fixed the doors on the problem cars yet ??? 🤔🙄 Have a good week & Thanks for the videos !!! 🤠🤠😎😎👍👍👍👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and happy new year to you also KB. We need a dedicated car repair crew here, these guys try to what they can but it's not enough . Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@TriGogglin]

Cool you guys have the ability to do run brands to take care if business. And how often do they have to drop sand for traction.. good stuff Dave

[@yellowlab5624]

And Dave knocks another one out of the Park, or Yard ! 🚂🚂🚂

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Yellow Lab. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@yellowlab5624]

@ , Every day is a good day, especially when you post a new video ! 👍👍🚂🚂🚂

[@thomashawkinson7017]

Hello Dave and great job as usual. Tom H. (Loveland, OH)

[@roberthartmann-mp6hv]

Great vid as usual Mr Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Robert. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@1208bug]

Cool stuff Dave, than you!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and glad you enjoyed 1208 Bug. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ralphgreenwood5857]

Awesome Run-Around Dave!!👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Ralph. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Bassotronics]

How much force does those switch motors have? If there is any obstruction between the points like a rock, will the points crush it? Or will that be a severe issue?

[@ccrx6700]

Under normal conditions the motor will throw the switch with no problem, a piece of ballast in there in the right place and the switch points will not crush it, but one of two things will happen then. If the points do not close all the way the switch itself will throw it back to the last position and if that doesn't happen then the train will pick the points and derail. So best practice is to look at the points! Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Bassotronics]

@@ccrx6700 Thanks for the info. Turnouts usually worry me in that aspect. Probably because it has happened to me before on my model train layout. 😁

[@russelltrupia4479]

Great video Dave👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Russell and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate so much your visiting with us tonight my friend and may you have a very good day.

[@daviddauphin-f4p]

Happy New Year.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and we wish the same for you and yours David. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@chrissmith513]

🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas Everyone ☃️☃️☃️

[@gusthesheltie154]

Hope you had a great Christmas ✔️✌️

[@ccrx6700]

We did GusTheSheltie and our doggies made out like bandits getting presents. Hope you and your family also had a holly jolly Christmas. We do appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@cedarcam]

Good video Dave, a nice change from track work for you on this day. I see why you run long hud towards loaded cars in the comments too Interesting to see the reason. Have a Good Day

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Cedarcam. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ginog5037]

Thanks Dave, great video! Keep that EV Fuel rolling 😂

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed Gino. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Cool.

[@billsimpson604]

Data centers use the same diesel engines used in locomotives to generate backup power, in case a grid power failure lasts longer than the on site batteries can power up the centers. When the batteries get low, the diesel generators switch on, so that the servers don't all go down, which would do millions of dollars of damage. I never knew that the telephone system used to be 100% battery powered by giant lead acid batteries at the switching centers. I always wondered how the phones could still work during power failures. Now I know they were run on thousands of giant batteries spread all over North America. Today I think everything goes over the internet as digital data. Of course, none of that would be possible without solid state computers and tiny fiber optic glass fibers, thinner than a human hair. AT&T insisted that I install one all the way into my living room. It will run 3 video streams at the same time. That is pretty amazing when you think it comes in as a series of on - off pulses. Imagine how many of those you need, to send live color images to 3 different computers at once. A LOT!!! It sounds crazy, but they are building the largest data center on the planet in rural Louisiana, near Monroe. Why out in the boonies, I have no idea. Maybe they need cheap natural gas, or the State gave them a hugh grant. It sure isn't near millions of people. Maybe for a central location among other data centers in the fast growing South? Happy New Year, Dave.

[@cedarcam]

Another reason they used batteries is to smooth out the power. Speech works best on pure DC like you get from a battery no buzzing sound. In our digital age things are better but in some ways the old system was better. It was able to keep working because of those batteries.

[@docr8409]

Hi Dave, Merry Christmas, Ive had to change accounts because Ive gone premium, thanks for the video regards Doc from Down Under

[@TI4438]

Since coal dust is bad for tracks, how long before this stretch needs attending to? Great vid as always.

[@nicolayu.kotomanoff4358]

Does Senergy have 60 coal cars (22+38)?

[@ccrx6700]

Yes and there is about 10 more cars besides that in various states of repair or disrepair Nicolayu. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@davewallace8219]

Dave....are they gonna get you a new seat cushion for your truck? Your worth it...

[@ccrx6700]

After this video they did get new seat covers Dave. Thank you for the kind words. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bobarue5024]

Like Dave said how about those apples:: Dave keep rolling the videos out:;

[@ccrx6700]

That's what my dad always said Bobarue. I gotta change that and start saying, how bout them spikes. Got a lot of good videos coming for ya in 2025. Thank you my friend for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day.

[@JEFFCOBB-v3k]

Good morning Dave, I think you are on vacation but if you get a chance I have a question for you. Why does the section of rail in the video at the switch have those extra support brackets on the side.? Is that to help stop the force of the switch pushing up against it? Thanks!

[@ccrx6700]

Those are called shoulder braces Jeff and yes they are there at the switch to help strengthen the stock rails. Remember on the other side of the rail is the switch point and that side of the rail can't be spiked down because of the moving switch point. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@peteengard9966]

Do the cars with the painted ends have rotary couplers? And is there a wye or turntable for turning a locomotive? Thank you Dave. Stay safe and warm.

[@ccrx6700]

Yes those painted panels at the top of the one end of the car denotes the rotary coupler end Pete. Some of our cars have the rotary couplers but we do not rotary dump the cars. We have no way at all of turning a locomotive here. The only way to do it would be call in hulcher with their side booms and walk the loco around in a circle with 4 side booms. A huge expense to do that. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@stevendoss5095]

How far is the nearest freight rail line? How much would cost to make outside connection to a freight rail line??

[@bigdog2024]

Looks like a little bit of new ballast is needed around that area, coal probably isn’t good ballast :) A map of your railroad would be a nice thing to have to allow us to get the bigger picture. I thought onlu one train went up to the mine got loaded and went to the river to docks to dump then they just went back in reverse with the DPU in front. Turns out there are two trains, a short and one and a long one. When that cut of 21 cars went off n the right fork, do they get switched back onto the track that takes them to be loaded?

[@PlanetMojo]

Love that clickety-clack of a jointed rail. Back when we used to hang out by the tracks, they would pull up just past the caboose, and one of the guys on the porch back there would get off and throw the switch. I'm guessing they had multiple guys back there because of union rules?...anyway, the smooth sound of welded rail does not sound correct to me.

[@michelferreyrolles6434]

il n y a plus de charbon en france depuis les années 80...a plus dave

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Michel. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Arthur-ke9vz]

How many cars can one engine pull? Great video!

[@ccrx6700]

That depends Arthur. We have two EMD SD 38-2 locos and with our track and our grades one loco could handle up to about 60 cars. We also have an SD 40-2 and alone it could handle about 15 to 20 more cars. On line that don't have as many sharp degree curves as we have or as steep grades those locos could handle even more. Glad you enjoyed. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@chanwittwer4925]

What happens with everyone there if for some reason, there aren't any barges and both trains are loaded and waiting? Does everyone get a free paid day off or does everyone run around getting all the stuff done that nobody had time to get done before? As always, I really enjoy these videos from your point of view, please continue making them 😊😊

[@ccrx6700]

There have been very few times when they sent us home Chan, but most of the time with no barges we get other stuff done like you said that needed to get done. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@elberttanner6189]

Seeing your switch point indicator light made me think, do you have any need for semaphore lights on your line?

[@ccrx6700]

No we have no track signal system here Elbert. We rely on radio contact between the two trains. We seldom run two trains here anymore like we used to but everyone knows and pays very good attention to communications when we do run 2. Worst thing in the world here would be to have 2 trains collide at track speed. Thanks so much my friend for stopping by to watch tonight and may you have a very good day.

[@camphor_dance]

How exactly does the locomotive with no one in it get controlled by the locomotive at the other end?

[@jameswallace2049]

What river are you on and are the barges ever hindered by ice in the rivers?

[@ccrx6700]

Monongahela River James. Back in the 1970's and 80's we had ice on the river thick enough the barges couldn't get thru, but since then we haven't had much at all. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@cfryback]

Not that it matters, but I have to ask do you have a wye? That would allow at least for the engines to run short hood forward - just from an operator's point....

[@ccrx6700]

No we have no way to turn the locos around c. f. We have 3 locos all pointed in the same direction. Any of the 3 may be in the lead at any time coming back with loads from the mine. So the way they are oriented all 3 have the short nose in the lead with loads behind. A bit safer that way if you get loaded cars behind you piling up into a loco on a derailment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brianhacker474]

I noticed you don’t sound the horn when starting or backing. Is there a reason?

[@ccrx6700]

Your right, we do have one operator who blows the horn when starting to move but he's the only one. Since the FRA doesn't come in here no one seems to think it's necessary to do that. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@davewallace8219]

Are some new coal cars in the budget?? Are the old cars worth rebuilding? Work safe dave!

[@chipworrell6025]

How do you get rolling stock on your rails without having a link with a mainline?

[@ccrx6700]

Everything must get trucked in from a nearby NS siding, about 6 miles away Chip. Huge expense as you can imagine to truck in locos which is why we keep these old locos running. Go to my channel home page, click on the Community tab and scroll down and you will see pics of a loco getting trucked in here in 2013. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ocsrc]

What model is your truck radio ?

[@ccrx6700]

I'll have to look but I tried the mic you sent me in the small truck and found out that radio does not have a crystal for the channel we use to throw the switches. So a key pad mic won't work in that truck unless I get a crystal put in or get a radio that has that channel ocsrc. The big hi rail truck has a crystal for that channel and also I have a key pad in that one. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jasonoliver5388]

Dave got a question for you how many hours can your train operators work running trains? I know when I worked for the railroad we could only work 12 hours according to the FRA rules.

[@ccrx6700]

Your right Jason FRA is 12 hours. Here we are not under the jurisdiction of FRA. However union rules are a person, no matter what job they are on, can only work 16 then there must be an 8 hour break.

[@jasonoliver5388]

@@ccrx6700 if we worked 12 hours they always gave us 10 hours off. But the railroad I worked for we always went to work everyday at 3 pm.

[@neilphillips7895]

Do yall have a axle heat sencer

[@ccrx6700]

No Neil. We do have a detector half way between the mine and the harbor that checks for hot wheels and hot bearings, but not hot axles (which is what I think you really meant instead of axles). There is a play list of videos on my home page with videos on the detector if you would care to watch them sometime. Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@yukon4511]

Why don't coal cars have some sort of over-center latch which would prevent inadvertant dumping with low air pressure?

[@ccrx6700]

They do have safety latches and springs to hold the latches down Yukon. I showed those latches in a recent RR week in Review video on my second channel, That's Dave's Other Doings. And I showed why our cars are dumping out. Our latches have a lot of wear on them and a lot of cars dump out. I think we need a dedicated car repair crew who knows what they are doing to fix stuff like that? Appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@voltare2amstereo]

now, if you had a 4th locomotive,,,,,

[@cnwforever7519]

Hi Dave any chance I could get the pumpkin pie recipe from your wife

[@ccrx6700]

email me cnw forever, [e-mail] Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@juergenamlinger4410]

4×38 =152 acksals

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Juergen then add the axles on the locomotive to get total train axles. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Here we go again... High time to go to bed, and Your video bounces down...... Short train and full train..... How many cars, in total, do You have there? You've told You run maximum 38 cars in on train. Fun system for making sure there's not a car in the switch. Here the tracks use electrical indication. When the switch section is shorted by an axle, there's a car or a loco there, and remote switching will not happen. When a train is assigned the track local switching is off. Time 11:00. Not much sight forward for the driver having a mile of hood in front of him.... It looks like even worse than on a steam loco. No barges? They need to a barge-Dave there!