How Do You Replace Railroad Track? - Installing A Mainline Switch-

[@Panda-b0rg]

Switch installs are some of my favourite days/nights. Love this job with a passion.

[@SD457500]

It was so neat to watch the crews work together to get this done. Everyone worked so quickly too!

[@travisdanckwart6970]

Just checking if you're not busy tomorrow I know there is a big CPKC job on North lyndale Ave, East Humboldt switch, on the bridge

[@SD457500]

I'm working, sadly. :/ Tie replacement work going on? Appreciate the info, and watching!

[@pacificcoastminiatures]

Wow, makes ballasting model railroad track look so easy! I won't ever complain again about having to ballast my track.

[@Sven_Okas1967]

Before the switch is installed, a foundation of new ballast is and must always be laid in the track bed. Placing the switch on the subgrade, ballasting it and then tamping it is supotimal. The "stuffing up" creates holes in the subgrade that wash out when it rains. As a result, the track stability in the turnout area also decreases. It also promotes the formation of mud holes. The fact that this section of track was provided with mud holes could be seen very well on the section of track that was removed. And part of this ballast-mud mixture was then worked into the existing track with the ballast plough before the switch. Otherwise, the video is still good. Especially your detailed explanations about it. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

[@ahilltodieons]

After hearing from a lot of infrastructure professionals here, it seems like in the United States repairs and improvements are much more a mix of economy and durability. Especially on the larger railroads.

[@rickgreen9743]

that's exactly what I was thinking also

[@reynardbizzar5461]

Perhaps this is why derailments are common in the USA.

[@kens.3729]

Thanks for the Strong 💪 Efforts on this Video. 👍🙏

[@bearfoxtrot_101]

Great work! The new location is simply called "Rebar" now in the timetable.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the info! I was wondering what, and if, they'd call it after the rework was finished. I bet the crews serving it will have a MUCH easier time working Rebar now.

[@bearfoxtrot_101]

@@SD457500I'll ask because I don't get that way much anymore but I'm sure it is.

[@mackdoyle8673]

Looks very nice getting those old tracks removed putting new tracks in so i've never seen that before those trains came pass Bethel University to where the tracks get remodeled

[@SD457500]

Nailed it! This is the same line that goes behind Bethel University. Its nice to CPKS putting money into this route, and was a cool operation to witness.

[@HaroldAlexis-bb8sd]

Wow i got so much watching this. This is what i would scale model on a train layout. Awesome, educational , relaxing. Very good train video.👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎥 🛤️🛤️🛤️🛤️ 🏗️🏗️🏗️🏗️

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Nice documentation. I have been involved with projects such as this here and there throughout my railroad career with the Canadian Pacific. Have a wonderful rest of your evening.(Steve)

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it! It must have been neat working on projects such as these over the years. Thank you for the kind words, and watching!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Your welcome and yes it was but sometimes challenging.@@SD457500

[@lexpo181]

Wow, that's a pretty cool video Douglas! You never disappointed my friend ;) I loved it. The new installed switch is way longer than the old one too!

[@SD457500]

Great to hear you enjoyed it! :D This was a very neat operation to watch, and see all of the different crews working together to quickly install the new turnout.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Awesome coverage, thank you

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D Thank you for watching.

[@kvcroff]

Great work with the drone as the whole video......... Maybe a video of the whole rail gang soon!!!!!! Keep up the great work.......

[@mattyurick2921]

Very cool video.

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the kind words, and glad you enjoyed it!

[@Weninchina]

I work at the business just south of ABC; so cool to see the property from this angle. With all the inbound truck traffic they receive it’s crazy to think that shingles in those volumes aren’t shipped by rail.

[@SD457500]

My thoughts on the shingles too, especially given their weight! I know that other places ship shingles on rail; you'd think ABC would hop on that given the cost savings alone. Thanks for watching!

[@mik3r0wave]

Great video and excellent, informative narration

[@CharlieH65]

A most excellent video production!

[@SD457500]

Thank you very much, and glad you enjoyed it!

[@railroaderkev]

Small world. That old main line was installed in my industrial line in Rockford up the road

[@SD457500]

I heard they dropped lots of brand new rail over that way the other day too! Small world is right!

[@railroaderkev]

@SD457500 yup cwr train parked in storage track right next to mine. I like your videos. I have a unique railroad business in Rockford and I need some marketing material made. Interested?

[@SD457500]

Interested! Please shoot me a message on Instagram @ SD457500, and we can take it from there.

[@michaelgardinersr9686]

fascinating great work

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words!

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Definitely neat to watch, thank you for sharing! It's too bad another potential customer is cut off the network like that. But that's the goal of these Class 1's now, is to run off all the carload customers in favor of intermodal or bulk commodity trains only.

[@donaldpetersen2382]

Ahh yes, the 'ol switcheroo

[@bjcourtney5180]

Great video, thanks

[@SD457500]

I appreciate the kind words, and thank you for watching!

[@brianfalzon6739]

Thanks for sharing!

[@SD457500]

Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoyed it!

[@nssrrailfan]

332 will be running this National Train Day, on the 11th!

[@SD457500]

Ohhhh! That might mean I'll have to be up there....unless I'm helping with National Train Day at Spud!

[@Supersport1698]

Love love love

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching! :D Appreciate it!

[@millennialtrainman3443]

Excellent video, sir! Love your aerial shots. I wonder if the Withrow sub will become doubled tracked again now that there an increase in traffic due to the merger.

[@SD457500]

I would *love* to see the Withrow Sub double tracked again. I think the traffic increase would have to be massive before they went that route though. Imagine it being double tracked from Cardigan, all the way to Central Ave.... Thanks for watching!

[@millennialtrainman3443]

@@SD457500that would be epic! BTW, those were some stellar lash-ups on J42.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

Great Video!!!!

[@Bob.W.]

Nice. Thanks.

[@SD457500]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@3006USMC]

Awesome!

[@SD457500]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@elleryparsons2433]

Very Interesting.

[@SD457500]

That it was, and so much was going on. I'm hoping to see a railgrinder in action next. Thanks for watching!

[@LancesLens]

Great video! Subbed Marietta, Ga.

[@SD457500]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words. :D

[@handlaidtrack]

Great video! What # is that switch?

[@1208bug]

👍

[@RobertP-zk8vh]

how do shortline's do it? can they afford big track projects?

[@Bobrogers99]

I imagine that they're under pressure to do the job as quickly as possible because of the interruption in rail service.

[@SD457500]

That is correct; they move FAST to help prevent any type of service interruption. Thanks for watching!

[@Romgenas]

12:55 Still wobbling

[@cu29640]

Interesting but bad that a customer no longer wanted rail even though it apparently served the same location well up to this point.

[@dionwilliams8161]

What city or town is this location???

[@SD457500]

This was shot in New Brighton, MN, USA. Thank you for watching!

[@OregonCrow]

instead of 30fps try shooting at 60, gets ride of that jolty effect. nice information

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment, and watching! This was shot at 60fps.

[@Dachamp2001]

That's a long switch to be a manual main line switch

[@BaluDerBaer933]

Wieder ein Gleisanschluss weniger! 😞

[@RedArrow73]

Music is QUITE LOUD.

[@SD457500]

Feedback is always appreciated! I toned is done GREATLY from others; hope you enjoyed it otherwise.

[@RedArrow73]

@@SD457500 great job overall, thx.

[@julianreverse]

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[@kirkrende3935]

Your "watermarks" are annoying and distracting.

[@petkoharry8885]

So this is the modern railway of the 21st century 🤣🤣🤣. Go study in Europe

[@SD457500]

Kind of, but this merely a switch replacement for a heavy duty, high tonnage mainline. The mechanization of Europe, while neat, is different then that of the USA. Thank you for watching, and the comment!

[@jeffwilson1399]

I wanted to keep watching. But the music was too overpowering. Sorry.

[@SD457500]

Feedback is always appreciated! I toned is done GREATLY from others; hope you enjoyed it otherwise.

[@jeffwilson1399]

I think you were on the right track so to speak with reducing the volume . . . .just needed to be more background. . Less in your face.

[@Viktorue9ex]

Russion railway is better.

[@Lorre982]

Ok It Is a private railroad , ok you havee lots of wood but why they don t use concrete tail ? We are into 2024, the price of rail sere totally deformed.

[@snagletoothscott3729]

For the amount of rail we have here in the US concrete is prohibitively expensive. It's only used in a few high traffic areas where reduced maintenance windows is necessary, such as the NE Corridor and BNSF's Powder River (and, i believe, sections of Cajon Pass that are hard to get to locations). Concrete ties, being heavier then creosote, will sink rather quickly on a standard US roadbed. They need reinforced roadbeds, subroadbeds, and high amount of ballast prelaid just to keep them stable. This is another cost prohibitive measure that most railroads dont want, and in most cases, dont need to employ. It's not a simple act of taking out creosote and putting in concrete. They need the entire system ripped out the subroad, road and ballast built to high gold standard. On a freight heavy rail system, thats severe overkill. Creosote ties are in abundance, cheaper, last a long time, and frankly are just a lot easier for track crews to manhandle. Concrete ties are nice and all, but they are only good for certain applications.

[@Richard-dc4pe]

Your narrative is great but the background music is very annoying and repetitive. I actually turned the volume off after watching for a few minutes.