INTERMODAL YARD VIDEO! A fantastic look at one you can model!

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[@trainsautisticmarriedsingl6614]

My Uncle Eli was a former yard master here & the Wilmerding HS football coach and my great grandfather was a supervisor for PRR he swore to his grave " Steam would last forever & diesels would never make it through the Alleghenys".

[@richgreene7043]

Awesome drone footage. You do a wonderful job of explaining how things work on the railroad. I certainly appreciate your efforts. Rich

[@djstrains]

Thank you very much!

[@MojaveModelRailroad]

Nice video. Saving this video for my larger layout in a few years. Love this idea for a yard. Thank you for the drone footage.

[@djstrains]

Glad you enjoyed it, my friend!

[@fbrailroad4628]

Thanks for sharing this video. It gave me a good look at a inter modal yard without a huge crane, David

[@djstrains]

Glad it helped

[@aceadman]

Very cool. Thanks!😊👍👍

[@monacofederico]

So interesting all the workflow and how intermodal and piggyback coexist

[@djstrains]

Thanks

[@jeffbaker2897]

Thanks DJ, 👍this video answered a lot of questions, always a pleasure to watch, take care bud & stay safe.👋😎🛤🚂

[@djstrains]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bcsferromodelismo3822]

🇧🇷🚂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulation for Vídeo djstrains!

[@johnbrletic7858]

Great show!

[@stevemckeown6277]

Excellent

[@gregbowen617]

Great Video DJ - very informative...

[@djstrains]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sernajrlouis]

Great video!!!

[@djstrains]

Glad you liked it!

[@schadowolf]

Great video as always!

[@djstrains]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@GoViaorgohome]

Great video! Great shots!

[@djstrains]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@PM08203]

This has got to be interesting after a heavy snow.....

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Im an intermodal trucker. There is 2 railroad acronym You need to know. trailer on flatcar TOFC An actual 27 to 53 ft trailer mounted on a flat car. UPS does this ALLOT. And Container on flatcar. COFC Double stack is king. 53ft containers are called Domestics. Basically any where in North America and P.R. Imports are every thing else. CSX cincinnati has 2 tracks at 2000 ft with 4 cranes that can go from truck to train to storage at 3 high and 3 wide. And the crane can take a box over the top of 3 high. At the entrance exit you'll need a gate. And somewhere inside the yard you'll need a shop for repairs. In close proximity to the intermodal yard there are Depots. They are yards the steamship lines store/repair Boxes and chassis. And most are a trucker as well. Of the 3 rails i haul out of there are 6 different peices of equipment that load/move the boxes. This is the crasiest freight ive ever hauled. I love it.

[@djstrains]

GREAT INFO!!

[@thesuneversets]

Uncle is from Pitcairn and family from that side of the Burgh. Love these views!

[@modeltrainaficionado7195]

excellent video thank you

[@djstrains]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lucas_t7golfs]

Great video! What a coincidence I'm literally painting some spine cars right now haha.👌

[@djstrains]

Perfect!

[@donaldshroyer8633]

Nice vid. I like your comment that an intermodal yard can be modeled as ... small as you want. Mine is 1 track wide and all of 3 well cars long, ha ha.

[@randellevans6102]

Great look at an intermodal yard. This is something that I can’t use on my layout because of the time frame that I’m modeling. Which is the late 1930’s to the mid 1940’s. But again I enjoyed the video. Keep up the great videos and helping us model realistic layouts.

[@djstrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@simonalexandercritchley439]

Great video as always DJ ! I have an overhead crane for when I get to model a container/intermodal yard.(german proto). A lot of the track arrangements I have seen use the 3 track arrangement,my plan also. The old Pitcairn yard was massive,4 TT's and many subyards. To model this would need a building on it's own !

[@monacofederico]

I'm doing research on yard cranes and while in Europe they come on rails (like the kibri HO ones), in U.S. you get those on wheels like Mi Jack cranes.. wish to know more about

[@moregltfirephotography4857]

I was just there railfanning the other day next to cp traff

[@williamflorinjr.8541]

Very interesting I've always wondered how it was done.

[@djstrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@williamflorinjr.8541]

@@djstrains your welcome!

[@mgamga9476]

My job sometimes calls for me moving our private containers. I do it with a Doosan front end loader with a folk attachment. Lifts and moves them like that are made of cotton. These machines like the one he is using can easily flip a train car.

[@brianlivingstonjr.7324]

Haven't made the plunge into modeling yet but have watched many of your videos. You've definitely helped to make the hobby seem less intimidating. I appreciate your eye for detail and insight into the hobby and real-world experience.

[@djstrains]

I really appreciate that! Thank You!

[@mikehowey4869]

Cool video...your right, intermodal equipment is pretty expensive in N scale.

[@djstrains]

You got that right!

[@1babysag]

You never disappoint me. You have opened my eyes to the beauty and complexity of railroads. I continue to learn from you. By the way, I bring home only 47% of every dollar earned. Still, I love the hobby and because I don’t smoke or drink I do have some spare change to budget toward the hobby. I am now saving toward a signaling system however there do not appear to be any realistic ones that don’t require me to be an electrical engineer. I like Atlas but I hate those type G signals. They have modern ones in HO. They are not keeping up with their commitment to fulfill the BLMA promise of modern N scale signals. Where is Craig Martyn when you need him?

[@djstrains]

100%

[@poopjeans1135]

Some of the cargo in the containers just blows my mind. I work at a logistics company, and we get containers loaded from nose to end with 2200lb pallets of sea salt double stacked. That's 44,000lbs just for a 20ft container. LOL, I have to split the stacks while unloading cause my lift can't handle two pallets of salt at a time and the lift in the video is grabbing 40 and 48 ft containers like it's nothing.

[@djstrains]

hi. first, your screen name made me bust out laughing. second, thank you for giving us some insight on whats in containers. All info is appreciated!

[@TheyCallHimDietSeth]

Fascinating video, thank you so much for posting. Just out of curiosity, when flying over yards, is there a minimum altitude that you don't drop below?

[@djstrains]

I use common courtesy to not bother people and try to stay inconspicuous

[@kevinwynott7755]

I'm GLAD that you made that little disclaimer about what these things cost... I pride myself on finding bargains but even still, model trains will keep you out of a higher tax bracket...... Unless of course, you work for a railroad as you do!

[@djstrains]

Uhm, I bring home 51% of my pay. Taxes, union dues, health insurance, job insurance, child support, rrailroad tier 1 and 2, 401k. I'm not rich...at all, lol

[@parailfan]

Good Day DJ. Great Job with the video on the Pitcairn Intermodal Facility. Question for you. Do you have an idea of when Trailer Train started to phase out the 89' Flat Cars from Intermodal service in favor of the spine cars? I'm in the process of building an HO Scale Intermodal Facility and from all the videos I've seen on KZbin, it's basically spine cars and well cars for primary use. Although I have seen FEC Long Runners here and there. Thank you.

[@djstrains]

no idea

[@parailfan]

@@djstrains Okay, just thought I would ask. Thank you again.

[@brantschmell4730]

I don't know exactly, but I would say they were phased out between 2005 and 2010. Coincided with the phasing out of 45' and 48' trailers and the explosion of 53' domestic containers. I think the long-runners outlasted the individual flat cars.

[@davidsanderbeck8086]

Did this yard replace the circus style ramp for the Conrail in Pittsburgh

[@djstrains]

Great question, maybe someone reading can answer it.

[@CSXEK]

I will turn a old abandoned coal wash on the CSX line that goes through my town and I will model the section of line and turn that coal wash into my intermodel yard where my CSX Intermodel will spwan

[@izzymillar4568]

Amazing video I got a question to ask maybe u might know the answer to this what's more heavier a intermodal railcars or a open top rock hopper railcars?

[@djstrains]

why? For modeling purposes or general useless trivia? lol.

[@izzymillar4568]

Lol cause those are my favorite two railcars. i like seeing CSX and NS with there rock loads go by along with there intermodel loads as well so I just happened to get curious from that.

[@beeble2003]

If you're asking about loaded cars, the rock hopper is much heavier. 40ft containers are limited to about 25 tons of cargo, so a double-stack isn't going to be carrying much more than 65 tons, assuming that 53ft containers can carry a little more. Rock hoppers, on the other hand, are going to be carrying about 100 tons each.

[@operationrailfan5638]

This is very inspirational, I am looking to build an intermodal facility at some point on a layout, I don’t really want one that’s too big to that will take up the entire set, but this one is definitely something that would work for me, great job filming

[@djstrains]

Much appreciated!

[@monacofederico]

Check L.A.'s bull ring yard from SP too. It was called like that until the 80's if you model past eras

[@daletowler1354]

hello DJ , I have a ? for you I can't fine a answer.. Intermodal yards how many are their, when you see stack trains with DPU in the middle/ end do they stop and drop they off to different yards, and be safe engineer.. and how is your lay out, I have a n scale I love doing drope off different industries, ty Dale

[@djstrains]

I'm struggling with understanding this. How many intermodal yards are there? I don't know. Do they drop off DPU units? Not normally. We have so many restrictions on where the DPU can be in a train, so it may change position in a train based upon tons, and length. Layout videos coming soon.

[@yahrique_gaming]

I bet you love operating a intermodal train lol

[@jh4009]

Was you nervous when you operated your first locomotive

[@djstrains]

yes. But the scariest is running on the mountain kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbFYZ6jibiEba8

[@yootoob7048]

Interesting how you mentioned the concrete colors. I was surprised to see concrete instead of pavement.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Concrete or gravel is more durable. Asphalt in the summertime melts and gets in the corner buffers of the boxes.

[@yootoob7048]

@@jerrykinnin7941 I am aware of the benefits of concrete over asphalt, just surprised to see it. Here in Arizona I have seen melting pavement, not pretty.

[@calebmanuel17]

Do they ship non intromodal trailers on train

[@djstrains]

like what?

[@calebmanuel17]

@@djstrains I see crane loading dryvan trailer into train

[@Ian-zt8zc]

yeah they ship trailers on spine cars

[@petermenningen338]

Intermodal is the type of transportation that is being used examples Rail, surface road, and Sea (boat) Hawaii has intermodal because it has sea and surface road.

[@railfanningpoints2.045]

So there's only two people operating this facility? Just one fork lift / crane operator and one yard tractor hostler?

[@beeble2003]

I think DJ was there at a very quiet time. At 5:50 you can see what looks like a line of 12-15 yard tractors parked by the left-hand track. I don't think just one tractor could even come close to supplying the crane with enough containers during loading, or remove enough trailers during unloading to keep things moving efficiently.