ETR has " The Fix! " Box Car Door Repair

[@jackkreighbaum783]

Miss youse guys!

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

Brian it was a blast hanging out with you ! Your knowledge of railroads is pretty vast and extensive. I was glad we were able to do railfanning in the Columbus area as well. It was a hard job and worked out well. There were a lot of moving parts and pieces trying to get that door in place. I know people wanted us to video the action, but using hydraulic jacks, hammers and wedges is very dangerous. If something were to go wrong while videotaping we could lose life or limb. Brian has a great work ethic and definitely walks the line , actually he walks with a purpose. I guess if you see me at the end of the video I should’ve stepped it up a bit. Brian and I took a walk around the ETR in the morning and I had a hard time keeping up with him.

[@heithdotysadventures7824]

Good job you 2 👊💪

[@LordPhobos6502]

For sure. Safety on the job comes first, video a distant second. If you wanna do more video, you need an extra person who's role is video, not juggling jobs. You guys did well, good job. 👍

[@eugenetswong]

Jim, thank you for helping him out! I'm just a stranger on the web, but I really want him to succeed.

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

Me too!@@eugenetswong

[@EH-nw6bu]

Brian, you are more than welcome to post videos of these kinds of repairs. You could simply setup a camera on a tripod and narrate you activities and that would be truly interesting for those of us who are not able to participate.

[@dmorgan28]

Bryan you guys did an awesome job on fixing this boxcar and closing the door. 👍❤️

[@markfrye9178]

That seen takes me back! In my 20s I worked in a paper bag factory. One of my jobs was unloading those big rolls behind Jimmy.

[@colin5296]

Wow , first time I watched you guys but won't be the last , great to see seat of the pants work and history to boot , I worked for British Rail as a traction maintenance fitter and loved it ,would have done it for nothing but as my old Friend reminds me "we did" the basic was rubbish back in those days , I finished now ,my job has gone along with the Locos I was never interested in the newer stuff that was coming out , they do everything here in the UK not to run trains it's crazy , no matter what is said the US still uses railroads to move heavy stuff as it should unlike here , since finishing work I am more interested now than ever especially in what the USA is doing , I have my garden G Scale mostly Burlington Northern so am thirsty for knowledge all things Stateside and always on youtube ,beats TV and I love the history . Good job all round Fellas thanks .

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Swampy Thanks for following! Long distance! Brian

[@davidcenci2240]

Safety committee was getting worried not seeing the safety cone at first..but are relieved to see it in place and doing it's job!

[@TheDaf95xf]

Nice fix Brian keeping them rail cars moving 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@petercruikshank2618]

It's good to see THE ETR Safety Cone out and about again. That was fascinating to see two great minds tackling a project. Plus THE beard was cool. God Speed ETR!

[@johnpritchard2772]

hello Brian, and your "assistant engineer" = Jimi K. So good to see another video from "ETR" - a very interesting repair to the container waggon! Be good to see some more like this if possible? Best wishes from Lincolnshire UK

[@BlackMan614]

My uncle was an engineer on this line in the 60s/70s/early 80s under Pennsy, PC and Conrail. Ran from Buckeye Yard to Pitcairn.

[@garykuipers2696]

I started my railroad career as a tower man with the Erie-Lackawanna. Had to transfer to train service when the towers were being eliminated.

[@mshum538]

Interesting Gary, by any chance to you see any time in Ohio, like Sterling?

[@johnjohnston2962]

ETR Nation Rules the rails......Always looking forward to following your journey.

[@randyclyde4939]

Thanks, Brian! So happy to have another video from ETR! Great work gentlemen! Looking forward to the next one. Be well, be safe!

[@redbarnz]

Great job, Brian and Jimi! Cheers!

[@rickaser2383]

Excellent! Eagerly waiting to see work on ETR home rails.

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Thank you Ric, I appreciate you watching! Brian

[@dale5898]

Ten thousand thumbs up Brian !!!!!!!!!!

[@DESO718]

Dude bring us on ALL these adventures!

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

I wish I could, I appreciate everyone of you! B.

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. With the right tools, we can move the world. Enjoyed.👍

[@dmorgan28]

You guys tackled that boxcar and had it fixed before you knew it. Good work. Really enjoyed watching you fix it. Cool video. 👍❤️

[@Justfor1day]

Brian glad to see you on here again...big ETR fan since day 1...where was that landfill taking NYC trash??

[@amb6899]

Great job men. I know you both would get it done. I hope the ETR comes to fruition. Would like to watch great videos more often Hope yr time in CA goes well

[@TriGogglin]

Brian, great fix, as you said it's nice to be part of the solution, not the problem. Thanks for taking us along, and the history lesson. I love this area and the OC

[@mshum538]

Columbus & Ohio River Railroad Pappy a subsidiary of the G&W…..have you ever road the “T” in Pittsburgh?

[@TriGogglin]

@@mshum538 also the Ohio central. I'm right next to Brian. Probably pass him on a daily basis. Wonder I haven't bumped into him 🤣 got many OC catches.. sadly no I have not ridden the T. Going to one of these days..

[@mshum538]

@@TriGogglin It uses parts of the former “ panhandle subdivision “ ….

[@robertbullcarmichael9856]

Great history lesson there and another job done well. Stay safe my friend.

[@DruSteel69]

Another excellent video, Brian. Thanks for sharing. I’ve always thought you’re a great teacher. - Drew (JBC) 😀😎👍🏼

[@terryboyer1342]

The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road The Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride.

[@penguinsfan251]

As I understand it, the Panhandle Line connected Pittsburgh to St.Louis via Columbus and Indianapolis. The PRR needed permission from Virginia to build through the Panhandle in the 1850s It was a busy line at one time. It went through the township whete I live, South Fayette, near Pittsburgh. Conrail abandoned the line in 1990. The right of way from Collier Township, PA to Weirtion, WV is a bike trail with a buried fiber optic cable. As the right of way exists, Amtrak could rebuild the line to have passenget rail conbecting Pittsburgh to Columbus.

[@earlschmitt884]

I'm still with you. I have not gotten any videos from you tube for the E.T.R. and had to search for this one. If you ever decide to go with the coil transfers, I would sure love to give you a hand with loading and unloading them if you want. I am 65 and love railroading.

[@mshum538]

Sam here Earl only I worked 40 years on the railroad and would like to see more small “ start ups “ unfortunately the cost of liability ( insurance) will prevent it from happening and the “real” railroad experience and knowledge is dying off fast, good day….

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Thanks Earl!

[@johnmayer158]

Brian, When you have to get to the point of using a hammer, then it's called "impact correction". 😂.

[@garykuipers2696]

NORAC Rule 16, Blue signal protection of workers. I hope Newark, Ohio isn't like Newark, NJ. I worked both freight and passenger service. Passenger service had regular hours, better for a family man. When they started the renewal projects in Newark, NJ Cory Booker was mayor. NJ Transit required us to announce, "now arriving Broad St. Newark, home of the NJ renaissance." Currently, it's 50 and sunny at 1523 2/8/23. Liked the video, thanks. I'll be wearing my ETR t-shirts when the weather warms up.

[@richardmead9225]

Dorcey Lights, "May the Force be with you".

[@scottkew6278]

Awesome. Blue flag and safety cone retreived. Excellent work guys! THANK YOU FOR POSTING. I noticed that you were standing next to what looked to be big rolls of paper. I told you that the MCCLOUD River Railroad and later the McCloud Railway had a staple business of about 20 cars inbound a week of bulk paper like that which was then reloaded to trucks to their final destination. McCloud is ALMOST Exactly half way between Seattle and Los Angeles. So that reload point worked out. Is the E T R half way between two important rail shippers? Just a thought.

[@59redwing]

Good video Bryan! Thanks for uploading.

[@x890239]

I think the T&OC (NYC) crossed the PRR panhandle line at Heath, OH and it was the B&O (Sandusky-Athens) line that crossed at Newark, OH. Secondly was it Bradford or Bellefontaine that you were thinking of.

[@joer9946]

Good seeing you Brian....keep hanging for us

[@durrelljohnson4726]

T&OC = Toledo & Ohio Central. Part of the NYC System. 2 main branches that extended southward from Toledo to Columbus. West branch is currently operated by CSX as the Toledo Branch/Scottslawn Secondary. East branch was abandoned by NYC in 1973/1974

[@weathertrainsrandomniss1083]

Great work ! Cheers from Wisconsin

[@garymessina1609]

Never got a notification great video Brian

[@glf001]

Very cool Brian. I wish I lived closer. it would be fun to go out on a job like this with you. Please share updates on the ETR. Also let me know if you make down to the Tampa Bay area again. I do not live that far from Plant City. Also updates on how Grant is doing and what he is doing. Take care and stay safe! Greg

[@lorenwillis425]

Great to see you at your "day job"! Thanks for sharing.

[@lxdesign1]

Nice fix Brian! I wish I could join you for some train watching... but a little too far for me to come from the Toronto area. Have fun, and stay safe.

[@jamesshoemaker5378]

Going back in history that area was known as Central City and shows as such on many older railroad maps. The T&OC line crossing there went north and joined the Western Sub at Stanley Yard near Toledo. That line also went through Fostoria and is where the first section of railroad in the U.S. to have CTC. Now it's almost all gone and I THINK the tower in Fostoria where the CTC board was is still there. I believe Newark to Columbus was jointly owned, 50/50, by the B&O and Pennsy with it being dispatched by the B&O. Later it became CSX/Conrail and then CSX/State of Ohio. I may be a bit off here but I believe the Ohio Central bought the Ohio part of ownership. Later CSX pulled out of Newark, leasing all the lines out of Newark to the Ohio Central and selling their 50% to Ohio Central giving the Ohio Central complete ownership Newark to Columbus. Newark to Columbus was the C&N Subdivision. I worked that line with CSX until leaving for Amtrak in 2004. The industry was Box USA and I spotted many a car there. Don't know if it still is Box USA these days.

[@eddiane]

Great video gents. Love seeing this kind of stuff. Excellent work on the repair. Being from the south east side of Chicago (old steel mill central) myself I thought Jimi would have picked ICG or IHB although the Rock is cool as is BNSF. Hope you stopped at White Castle for a few after that job.

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Ed I'm an old ICG fan! Thanks for following! Brian

[@AllAboardRailfan.1]

Thanks for the repair lesson. Brian 🚂🚃🚃🏝

[@1tombensky]

I really like these repair videos. Thanks!

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Glad you like them!

[@TheNorthwestWind]

WE NEED AN UPDATE!!!!

[@billlee5307]

Great work. Right people, knowledge and tools solves a problem.

[@terryboyer1342]

Cool tower! Another job well done.

[@johnclements8549]

Nice job, well done & safely!

[@bill360]

Loved it. Great video

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Glad to your back man!!!!

[@scotthibbs]

Scott from Accounting: Invoice sent. Still need the White Castle receipts. :)

[@Fokkerc1]

I only wish I lived closer.

[@jacobb6788]

well done guys another car repaired successfully.

[@kens.3729]

Glad you were able to Summon a Driver to take you to Defective Box Car. Don’t both Sides of Box Car have Doors ? I guess Railroad requires Both Doors function. 👍

[@richardreid6377]

The problem was that the door was partially open so the car couldn't safely be moved. I would like to see more of these car repair videos. Maybe a time lapse of the whole process.

[@martindoyle831]

Excellent to hear for you !!

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Thank you kindly!

[@robertchamberlain723]

T&OC was the Toledo & Ohio Central (subsidiary of the New York Central). This line went South to Thurston where it switched into the T&OC line from Columbus, then went South to the Ohio River, where it interchanged with the Kanawha & Michigan, which went into the West Virginia coal fields following the Kanawha River. T&OC split at Thurston on the way North, with the Western passenger line going through Columbus, and the Eastern freight line going by Newark. The old T&OC station in Columbus still stands, I believe is now the Salvation Army building on Broad St. near Veterans Memorial. Scioto Tower is where the T&OC passenger line crossed the Panhandle. It was operated into Conrail as the Western Branch. The Eastern line from Thurston up to Hebron was removed late in the Penn Central / early Conrail years.

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Robert Thanks for all the back story, lots of history there. That station is now the Firefighters Union Hall! They did a very nice restoration! Brian

[@MY-ml5rp]

Attaboy, good job, situation normal. All green on the ( always be) KCS

[@downthegaragelayout.7465]

What a great job very interesting.

[@charlesmarch6435]

Great video. Thanks.

[@railfan439]

Another bad order set out for the RIP track. Thanks for the video. Sorry, I won't be at Fullerton, but I was last March. Have you been following the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio? What a mess! Jon

[@strobelightbrian]

Great video!

[@bradleysmith2021]

Good job!

[@arth4570]

Critical Question? With all the recent Derailments that have happened lately What could be causing it? , Trains travelling too fast?, Rails and Ties not being maintained? Railcars not being Maintained, or worst yet Sabatoge/Terrorism? Would like to see you comment on this subject on your next video. Thanks.

[@leeroth5604]

Did you swing down to Heath and visit the fine White Castle on SR79?

[@eastterminalrailway5975]

Lee I have, it would go good with a box car door job! B.

[@gabrielrodriguezcarpenter]

0:12 is that a general electric with emd trucks

[@mattstarr8203]

their a bunch of PRR in northwest Indiana some are trails other are just abandoned

[@westtexasrefuse7169]

Whats your actual day job outside of railroad Mr. Brian? Big hello from El Paso, TX!!

[@tooling_engineer]

Nice work. Did the load shift and bow the door outward?

[@happyhome41]

Wonderful !

[@HartfordWhaler]

This video got me thinking that ETR has an opportunity to generate revenue by being a service provider to other railroads. Until you can get up and running with revenue service of your own. Kind of how RJ Corman started. Given your expertise, it’d be a great fit. Just a thought.

[@johniacono3725]

Good to see another video however you didn’t show the repair.

[@jimikrentkowski4073]

John I hear what your saying, but trying to be safe and video at same time is very dangerous! If that door pops off or , a tool comes flying , it could be very well disastrous 😉

[@Nderak]

on google satellite imagery you can kinda see the old north south right of way where the interlock tower used to stand

[@timbeach2409]

I hope everything is ok , haven't seen a new video in awhile.

[@littleprincess4417]

We haven’t seen any updates in several months. What is going on with the ETR?

[@kens.3729]

ETR Railroad Rocks by getting Repairs Made in a Timely Manner. 👍 Norfolk Southern (NS) Railroad continues to have Derailments. 🤔🤪👎

[@prestonmcknew2300]

So how much do you clear on a job like this?

[@sclewell777]

You haven't posted anything in months??? Where's your railroad going?

[@crazyman762]

I saw the door was bowed out about half way up too. Please update your progress on your railroad. I need to hear some good news from you......

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Are you guys done forever?

[@jamesholtman4912]

Remember... Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer!!!!

[@jsrupert1037]

Where have you been? I have not seen any videos lately. Hope everything is OK.

[@georgecarter838]

Yep, gotta set out the blue flag and get all the safety gear and tools in order to do the job right... ...but first, donuts. 😁

[@BattleshipOrion]

So what's doing with the railroad? Did y'all finally bite the dust, or are we just in a prolonged pause?

[@RikkiCattermole]

For a piece of metal, that door was doing a suspicious amount of 'saying no'. Perhaps it's time for it to become a liquid!

[@jsrupert1037]

Where have you been? No new videos?

[@dvone4124]

"... leverage, common sense, "...bigger hammer -- and knowing where to hit it.

[@mackfisher4487]

I dint see any coffee on the job site inst that agents the ETR union contract

[@sclewell777]

Are you posting anything anymore???

[@rick3524]

You would have been a little more legal if you had placed the blue flag at that flip-over derail between the loaded cars and the building, and locked that derail on the track with your own lock. You have to prevent access to the work area with either a switch lined against the track or a derail with your own lock. Plus Jim wouldn't have needed to walk all the way to the far end twice.

[@royreynolds108]

The blue flag can only be removed by the person who installed it. Since you both were there at installation, he can remove it. You are correct, crappy door. I worked in the MoKan Division Engineer's office at Kansas City, KS of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR in the summers of 1965, 66, & 67 when I was going to school for Civil Engineer.

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

Small things keep a guy in the game- most contractors wouldn't bother not enough money in it. They called you (!!)

[@ocsrc]

You didn't show any of the repair Why did you not film the repair ? That's the whole part of the video

[@davidanalyst671]

this guy doesn't know how to make videos. hes trying, he owns a railroad, but makes terrible vids

[@ocsrc]

@@davidanalyst671 I could not believe it. The whole repair is not shown. I think he is doing a joke.

[@carlwest859]

Top secret methods were used and repair language is sometimes not appropriate for young viewers. That's railroading.

[@ocsrc]

@@carlwest859 you can bleep out the swear words

[@AMCguy]

keep in mind. hes getting paid for this work which means recording is probably not his focus. but he did update as they repaired the car

[@redforman1648]

Hmm..maybe do repair work instead of transloading?

[@QUIX4U]

Well - THANK YOU - NOT. Not one clip of you two actually doing any fixing. Just before and after clips.