How to do a Track Inspection on a Class 1 Railroad - Part 1

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

I Steve McCarthy would personally like to thank Dave ccrx6700 and the Cumberland Mine management for the invite to ride along on a track inspection. I was honored to share my some of my track experiences and knowledge from my 25 year railroading career with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the track department. Dave is a very cool down to earth gentleman and we love watching his channel. My wife stumbled across one of Dave's videos a year and a half ago and told me to watch this so I did, Since the first video we connected through KZbin and the planning began to take place to have me come out for a ride along. That day was a very cool experience for myself but also getting to visit another type of railroad and industry that I never experienced before, Most of all getting to see what Dave does on a daily basis and to share his past track and knowledge was also very cool. Like Dave would say " THAT DAY WE WERE RAILROADIN"

[@Bassotronics]

Thank You sir! 🚂 👍🏻

[@alandaters8547]

Thank you for coming to visit Dave and all the rest of us!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@alandaters8547 Thanks so much Alan, it was Great! (Dave).

[@keithross4511]

Steve, really enjoyed all the great information you shared with everyone. Thank you for taking your time and expense to come and be on Dave’s program and sharing your experience and knowledge. We viewers appreciate it. Thank you.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@keithross4511 thank you so much for the positive feedback. Glad you enjoyed watching and thank you very much also. You're very welcome and have a wonderful rest of your weekend. Steve

[@chuckmayerchak3071]

Your content is always great but your enthusiasm far out classes your content! I absolutely love your videos! Your introduction videos were outstanding! Your company should be proud to have such a great ambassador!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Chuck for the really nice comment. So glad you are enjoying. The intro was the creation of Alex Sawyers, he did a superb job and have gotten a lot of positive comments about it. Very much appreciate your visit with us and watching my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks very much for tuning in from us at StormySky.(Steve)

[@christopherrabaldo3377]

Put the LORAM train on the barge. That's how the engines got there, I heard, lol. Great job fellas, can't wait to see the rest.

[@ccrx6700]

Really pleased to hear your enjoyed Christopher. We very much appreciate your tuning in and watching the show my friend.

[@salstonightsbiggestloser]

I have a lot of respect for the MOW crews no matter how big or small the railroad. It's a tough way to make a living but rewarding if you keep an open heart and your family has your back. I miss parts of it but better to be where I am today. Stay safe.

[@ccrx6700]

Was very nice of you JonD to take the time and visit with us today to watch the presentation and for the very nice comment my good man.

[@mikefochtman7164]

HAT Trick? Okay, It says 0 comments but I see JT G is already here. Hehehe.... Good seeing you again, glad to watch your videos.

[@ccrx6700]

You'll get it Mike! We really appreciate your tuning in and watching the video even if you got second place this time.... LOL

[@PlanetMojo]

I lived all my life in the two places Steve worked: Milwaukee and SW Wisconsin along the Mississippi River! I'm very familiar with the CP in Iowa as it street runs there in Lansing Iowa across the river from me, and I lived a couple of blocks from the Milwaukee Road roundhouse back in the early 80's! I recently saw a crew of like 20 maintenance-away machines over there on the CP track, and we watch the Christmas Train every year (except during covid). What a small world! The CP track just south of La Crescent has a long tangent, and the trains scream when they go through there! I'm sure Steve remembers that! That entire area is gorgeous with lots of hills, streams, and eagle nests. Steve was quite lucky working there!

[@ccrx6700]

Now how awesome is that! Really cool you were on his territory and who knows perhaps you might have saw him at one time there in the past. If you have time, stop by his channel and let him know you lived in his stomping grounds. He would enjoy hearing from you. Really appreciate all your great comments and the superb support you have given the channel for such a long time now my good friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks again for watching, I was honored to ride the Canadian Pacific Holiday train from Chicago to Pewaukee Wisconsin when our Supervisor played Santa back in the late 2000s and they gave tickets out to us employees. What a experience that was and very neat.

[@PlanetMojo]

@@ccrx6700 I believe I was a few years before him, but I will stop by his channel!

[@PlanetMojo]

@@StormySkyRailProductions We used to watch the Christmas Train on the CP track in Lansing, IA! They stopped doing it for covid though, and not sure if they started back up or not. It was awesome seeing that train all lit up in Christmas lights snaking it's way along the river towards you! Hope they start-up again this year!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@PlanetMojo We are hoping they start that up running again this year but hopefully they put different units on this time, They have to start changing it up a little.

[@kennkrizsanitz7820]

Learned more than I can remember, great intro dave. Look at you going Hollywood lol

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Kenn for your thoughts. Very glad you enjoyed the new intro, credit goes to Alex Sawyers. Your opinions are valuable to me, you've been a very long time subscriber now and cannot say how very much I appreciate all the wonderful comments you have made and the excellent support you have given me my good friend. Someday we are gonna meet. IRM is on my retirement bucket list!

[@kennkrizsanitz7820]

Gonna be out at irm this week ,going to try to help fix a ac unit on a passenger car

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice new intro Dave, I like it. Cheers

[@ccrx6700]

That's great to hear wtfbuddy. Credit for it goes to Alex Sawyers, he did a fantastic job, getting a lot of good vibes on it. Thank you so much for writing in and letting us know my friend.

[@ironwolfusa]

Steve, yes...David's videos really brought back some wonderful memories to me. David, another great video! Thanks!

[@ccrx6700]

Steve loves railroading and it breaks his heart he has to be medically retired and cannot work on the RR anymore. He is a good man. Very much appreciate your kind words James and for watching today.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@rayshutsa6690]

Thank you for your guest Steve I love listening to both of you. You have taught me about coal mining. Both of you really explained about coal mining rairoad and freight railroad. Thanks Dave for a great video and your guest. ❤🇨🇦

[@ccrx6700]

Really pleased to hear you enjoyed the show Ray. We certainly appreciate your nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend. We were lucky to be able to have Steve come and visit us for sure. A wealth of RR knowledge he is.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks much Ray.

[@tzadik36]

Thanks for this video, again an informative one! An adequate inspection of anything involves a depth of knowledge about it, and the more complex it is, the more intuition ("gestalt") is also mandatory.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Robin, so glad you enjoyed and stopped by to take in the presentation my friend. We were lucky to have Steve be able to share his wealth of RR knowledge with us. We all learn from each other and that's pretty cool.

[@TriGogglin]

Thats a intro, matches your personality perfectly. Great chat Steve had there with ya Dave, Steve's flowing a lot of info our way. Can't wait till the next part.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us Pappy. You know I always respect your opinions and it's great to hear that you enjoyed both the intro and Steve. Alex Sawyers gets all the credit for making the intro, both Steve and Alex are great guys and both are railroaders who loved being in the game.

[@TriGogglin]

@@ccrx6700 thank you Dave I really appreciate that. And I value your great comments as well.

[@josephpalmieri3095]

Nice intro Dave. Very polished and professional. You're as giddy as a little boy on Christmas day. Love that! Your ride-along should see his doctor about that cough!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks much for watching, The cough I have I can not do anything about, The doctor said its due to both my open heart surgeries I have had in my lifetime so I have to deal with it and trust me its frustrating. Have a great rest of your weekend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Joseph. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers, info about him in the video description if you haven't read it yet. Am so glad you enjoyed. It is certainly frustrating for Steve about his cough, but he has had a rough go of it medically in the past. He is a good man and loves railroading. We so appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch today's video my friend.

[@DanielNewhoff]

Thank you for the video Dave, very interesting content for train lovers.. We all need a Dave in our workplaces. Hard working, knowledgeable, contagious smile, and always an honest days work in every video. When you love what you do, pride shines through.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Daniel. So do appreciate the very kind words you have written. I'm blushing..... Thank you so much for visiting with us and watching the presentation my friend.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

It's great to see someone so enthusiastic about their profession.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Heronimous Brapson. We do appreciate your visiting with us and checking out the video my friend.

[@valeriebassett3107]

We watch Stormy Sky, they had a video the other day that showed a lighting storm. It was pretty awesome. It was nice to see and hear what he had to say. We enjoy your videos too! They are never boring! Thanks for sharing this. I'm still waiting for you to have coffee cups! The beginning of this video was really different. You are getting pretty jazzy. LOL

[@ccrx6700]

Steve has some really good videos I agree Valerie. He is a good man also and loves railroading. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers and former engineer. He did a very good job. Very glad you enjoyed and thank you for the kind words my lady friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you very much Valerie for watching and your feedback.

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

If there was anyone in the world who was going to explode from excitement...it'd be you, Dave! Great video! So interesting! I've learned so much from your channel! Thank you, Steve for coming down to visit😊. Heading over to your channel next....

[@ccrx6700]

Golly Jennifer, if I exploded no more videos.... LOL Thank you so much for the very kind words. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Your very welcome Jennifer, Thanks for watching.

[@shirleyharrington-moore9657]

How cool to get to ride along with professionals. Thank you, Dave and Steve.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you had a good time riding with us Shirley. Steve is a good man and wealth of RR knowledge, hope you can check out his channel sometime.

[@bobmeginnes324]

Interesting and informative as always. I will say that if I hadn't been watching your videos all along, I wouldn't know quite a bit of what Steve was referring to. Glad I got hooked on early 🙂

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you enjoyed Bob and thank you for the very nice comment. really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks much for watching.

[@paulbergen9114]

Very interesting to hear about the nuances in track inspections between the mine and the main. It's possible Steve even used to check the mighty MILW RD main where I now watch CP at Elm Grove WI. Even with all the new technology there still is something about the eyes and ears of an inspector when some thing doesn't look or sound right. Looking forward to more in the series.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Paul for the very nice comment. Who knows Steve may have been there, you might want to hop on over to his channel and ask him. Really appreciate all the great comments and support you have been giving the channel now for a long time my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Good evening Paul, Sorry its taking so long for me to reply to these but with gardening and everything else this time of year it gets hectic. To answer your question is yes, I took care of that territory most of my railroading career. Our territory when I was assistant foreman and then section foreman for a huge chunk of it was on the Cudahy Section from Oakwood Road in Oak Creek Wi to Pewaukee Wi where the single main started which Elm Grove and the West Allis Line switch was in our territory also. All three switches are gone now but what a pain in the rear the switches were at Elm Grove to take care of. The most frustrating area of our territory was at the Duplainville diamond area and you want to talk about a maintenance headache. I did work two stints on the road with the rail relay crew on the CP River Sub which was a cool sub to work on. Worked as track inspector out of Milwaukee and that territory was yards in Milwaukee Wi, Menomonee Belt and also included was the Cutoff to Pewaukee on the switch to single main. I also worked the Sturtevant section for awhile and finished out my career as track inspector on the CP C&M sub out of Sturtevant. Got my welders date also out of Sturtevant.

[@lewistodd9242]

Really great video Dave. I cannot wait for the next part. Have a great day my friend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Lewis. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@thomasboese3793]

Dave, it was great to be able to put a face to StormySky Rail Productions. Steve & Jenny have put together an interesting array of videos. I've learned a few things and look forward to modeling track just within the FRA codes.

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad to hear that Thomas. Steve is a good man and loves railroading. You will be seeing more of his face on his videos in the future, but with this 4 part mini series we are going to be running on track inspections you will get to know him personally pretty well. We were so fortunate to have him with us. Very much appreciate your writing in and sharing my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you very much for watching and your feedback Thomas.

[@Eddy63]

Great ride along Dave , but next time I call Shotgun 😂🤣😅 Thx as always ...

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Eddy. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@joer9946]

Dave....GREAT Video as always and SWEET new INTRO! Keep up the good work!

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Joe. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@fullscale4me]

Dave, I just checked I am already a member of Steve's channel. I'll look at his merch for sure!

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome Mike. Steve is a good man and a wealth of RR knowledge. We were lucky to have him visit us. Really appreciate your taking the time to write in and watch the show my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you very much.

[@jefftoft5568]

Excellent video Dave and Steve, really enjoyed the conversation.

[@ccrx6700]

Really pleased to hear you enjoyed the show Jeff. We certainly appreciate your nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend. Steve is a good man to come all the way from Wisc. to share his wealth of RR knowledge with you guys.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you very much Jeff, Cant wait to get out by you and get to meet you also hopefully soon.(Steve)

[@rickcooper6817]

Awesome ride, thanks Dave! I keep learning and I have about decided that I want to work on the railroad when I grow up, the next time! lol!!

[@ccrx6700]

A good career choice for you Rick, who knows, maybe you already do work on RR, just in a parallel universe..... well a guy can dream anyway can't he.... :-) Really appreciate the cool comment my friend.

[@BoxcarJerry]

Hey Dave it was pretty cool having Steve come down, I enjoy the videos they do over at Stormy Skys . I enjoyed the ride along .

[@ccrx6700]

it was a real treat for the both of us Jerry and glad I could share with you. Steve is a good man and loves railroading and with these videos you will get to know a side of him he has yet to show on his videos. I think it makes his videos much more personal when you get to know the person behind them. Thanks so much for the nice comment and for watching my friend.

[@BoxcarJerry]

@@ccrx6700 I agree with you, I had no idea Steve was a railroader.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thank you for watching and the feedback Jerry.

[@briankemp5206]

Cool video Dave! Steve was very informative.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Brian, very glad you enjoyed. We were lucky to have Steve with us and share his wealth of RR knowledge. Really appreciate all your nice comments and for all the excellent support you have given the channel for such a long time now my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks very much for watching Brian.

[@tommyzcat]

His Joy is infectious.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the kind words Tommy Z Cat. We do appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very nice day my friend.

[@mustralineabsorbine5082]

What a great video!! You brought a walking encyclopedia to help us understand more about RR maintenance. Thanks :)

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Mustraline. We were very lucky to have Steve come out, it was a great day for the both of us. So glad you enjoyed and really appreciate your very nice comment my friend.

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Very Nice Video, I watched Steve's Earlier

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, it was a great day for the both of us AMP Productions. Steve is a good man and loves railroading. Really appreciate your watching and sending in the very nice comment my friend.

[@davenitsch6094]

That was a great day on the Cumberland Mining Railroad , Dave! Thanks for inviting and hosting us! Great video, looking forward to all parts!

[@tederdmann2993]

Dave you went out too?

[@davenitsch6094]

@@tederdmann2993 yes I was along on that trip, Ted!

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it was Dave and was so awesome to meet you guys! It was my pleasure to have you all along. Just too bad we didn't have to change a rail and put you to work.... LOL Really appreciate your writing in and for watching today my friend.

[@capttom7772]

Dave & Steve, Thank You for this brief educational video. It always seems like the more I learn from your channel ... ... ... ... the more questions I have! I had to chuckle at Steve's comment about "The Mud Spot" because it immediately brought to mind; "Crocodile Dundee", when in the movie, he had a knife pulled on him and his Lady friend, to which she exclaimed; "He's got a KNIFE!" ... Dundee says; "Aww... Dat's not a knife ... ... pulls out his KNIFE and says; "Now Dat's A KNIFE"!!! Seriously ! Dave, I could see you saying; "Aww, Dat's not a "MUD SPOT" ... ... Wait 'till Bridge 2 ... ... NOW DAT'S A MUD SPOT !" Very much looking forward to your next video. MUCH LOVE FROM GUAM !🚂💪👍❤🏝🚂

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Tom for the awesome comment. We really appreciate all the great support you have given us for such a very long time now. You'll see the mud spot at Bridge 2 in a much future video. It was so bad when it rained geese would land in the middle of the track! I love that Dundee clip also!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Your very welcome and thank you very much for wathcing.

[@AgentMulder1805]

Got plenty of mud spots here in Australia on the Bluescope steel train line. More dirt than ballast. Cool exclusive on how railways are maintained! 👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Dirt for ballast is okay, that is until it rains. Very much appreciate your riding along with us today and taking the time to write in my friend.

[@tomeasley5979]

Dave, always interesting to get another perspective on track. Thanks for taking us along on the ride. Great video.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Tom. We very much appreciate hearing from you and for all the great support and wonderful comments you have given us for such a long time now my friend. It is very special to me.

[@nealgold8442]

Always a great ride on the rails with you Dave!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Neal for the nice comment and for your great support of the channel my good friend.

[@donaldwhyel1032]

You keep that train moving to keep them trucks rolling awesome job Dave!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Donald for the very nice comment. We really appreciate your tuning in and checking out the video today my friend.

[@bobblenuts]

Dave, what a great video, can't wait to see all parts! And Dave, I was so excited to see your enthusiasm at the very beginning. Your excitement is so pronounced that it's contagious! Many thanks for having Steve as your guest...now on to Part 2!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much bobblenuts for the very nice comment. So glad you had a good time and we do appreciate your coming out to play with us my friend.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

WOW WHAT A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO YOUR VIDEOS ! that was so neat. went to the other channel and watched his version of your day. it was very nice liked the white bridge ground shot of the run by of the train in both directions. he had a good explanation of the difference between class one requirements versus lower grades of railroads and what visual inspection in tails. great videos by both you gentlemen, thank you for the railroading education. barry

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Barry for the awesome comment! So glad you enjoyed and appreciate your sharing your opinions with me. Intro credit goes to Alex Sawyers, theres some info about him in the description if you haven't read it. Steve is a good man and loves railroading and it breaks his heart he is medically retired and cannot work on the RR again. We had a great day and there will be several more vids of Steve and the track inspections coming your way next.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks very much for wathcing.

[@garykuipers2696]

Great intro and your excitement was electrifying. Great job as always. I loved being conductor/pilot on the Sperry Car and sure learned a lot about track inspections. I also enjoyed conducting MOW cranes and trains. By the time I got done I could spot defects and would report them. Keep things safe and rolling along.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you enjoyed Gary. Intro was compliments of Alex Sawyers, a former loco engineer. Everyone seems to like it. Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my railroading friend.

[@trenamerritt5344]

Awesome video! You were excited as a kid in a candy shop! So glad you were able to have him come share his experience with you and us. Interesting his take about the ballast at curves, and he answered the why question right there! Also about the bridge approaches concerning anchors. Thank you both! Have to look for rest of videos!!

[@ccrx6700]

Very pleased you enjoyed Trena. I always value your opinion and appreciate so much your sharing your thoughts and for all the wonderful support you have given the channel my friend. Steve is a great guy and we were lucky to have him share with us his RR knowledge.

[@mikeznel6048]

That funk-disco-y into song fits you and the channel very well!

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Mike! Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@jtg2737]

Hello from TEXAS!

[@stevedrake6529]

Grand Prairie Texas

[@ccrx6700]

Good to have you visit with us JT G. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and watch my good southern neighbor.

[@christopherleenknecht920]

Great video Dave, thanks for bringing in your special guest really enjoy watching 👍👍🚂

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Christopher for the very nice comment. I'm so pleased to hear your enjoyed. Steve is a good man and loves railroading, it was a real treat to have him with us. Very much appreciate your thoughts and for watching my friend.

[@jonwatt678]

Outstanding as always Dave and a great new intro.. Kudos to Steve for taking the time to share his expertise on class 1 operations! I'm sure you'll absorb the info for future improvements on CCRX. AND of course many thanks to the CCRX for making this possible. It's obvious they want to enhance the quality!! I'm sure you'll well exceed the requirements for class 2 certification soon!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Jon for the very kind words. Very glad you enjoyed both the intro and Steve's information. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers, there is some info on him in the video description if you haven't already read it. Was a very good day and very helpful to me. Appreciate your visit with us today and for taking the time to write in my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks for watching also from StormySky.(Steve)

[@DiamondMaster20]

What an education on track inspection. Steve and Jenny sent me here to watch and I'm really happy that I did. You and Steve sharing your knowledge was just amazing. I can't wait for the next parts in this series. You've got a new supporter here, Dave. I love your channel.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to have you join in with us DiamondMaster. Steve is a good man and a wealth of RR knowledge. We were lucky to have him come. Appreciate the very nice comment my friend. Here is an introduction video to get you a feel for what all we do here at the Railroad and a bit about our mine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYDYmGOwaJlkZ5o

[@michaelball760]

first thing I was told when I was learning to inspect track was the most important things are gauge, surface and alignment.

[@ccrx6700]

Sounds like you had a good railroad man as a mentor Michael. excellent words of advice. Thank you so much for taking in the video my good friend.

[@beverlymichael5830]

Thanks for the ride. Always refreshing on your love for your job.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Beverly. So glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your riding along with us and for your very nice comment my friend.

[@Arkay315]

I love the new introduction sequence, I especially like the high up shots of the tracks

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Arkay. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@donaldwittmuss6079]

Hey Dave, really nice production intro... nice to see your channel evolve. ..Interesting comments from your guest on track issues.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Donald. I'm very glad you enjoyed the new intro, credit goes to Alex Sawyers for making it. You've been such a long time subscriber and faithful supporter of our channel and your thoughts and opinions are of value to me. We do appreciate you my friend.

[@litz13]

If you ever get a chance to run rail in a speeder, the visceral experience is even more than you get in the Hy-Rail truck. You can see, feel, and hear every single joint, and it's immediately apparent when you pass over an "odd" joint.

[@ccrx6700]

Oh I can imagine how riding jointed rail in a speeder would be not having nearly the weight of the hi rail truck. it would be fun! Thanks Johnathan so much for visiting with us and watching my good man.

[@litz13]

@@ccrx6700 👍

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

We road the speeders or they called them motorcars on our RR back when I first started on the rail relay crew, We would ride out on them to the location we were relaying (CWR) Continuous Welded Rail that day on our work block. We still had a lot of jointed rail when I first started also which we relayed with CWR. I appreciated the trucks the worse the weather was.

[@Hyrev1]

Cool new intro, I like it! Very interesting information and I'm sure it's nice to get another set of eyes on the track, and get some outside feedback. I checked out Steve's channel, and found I was already subscribed! I must really like trains! LOL! Great video as always Dave! Looking forward to the rest of it!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much Jim. Very glad you enjoyed. the Intro is compliments of Alex Sawyers, he did a great job on it and am getting a lot of good feed back on it. So do appreciate all the great comments and excellent support you have been giving the channel now for a long time my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Thanks for watching.

[@kls816]

Cool video Dave! Love the new intro!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Kerry and very glad you enjoyed. Intro is compliments of Alex Sawyers, it is his creation and he did a great job. Really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Lots of interesting information! I love the new intro! 👌 Very nice Dave as always have a good day and a better tomorrow!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Eric. Very glad to hear you enjoyed the Intro. Credit for that goes to Alex Sawyers, a former loco engineer. I value your opinions and really appreciate all the great support you have given the channel my friend. Now go and get a date with the cute girl on the 820!

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@ccrx6700 Right on bud, haha yep I hear ya! Gotta love the 820 gal!

[@raymondsprengelmeyer1278]

Thank you for taking us along Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Raymond. Thank you so much for all your very nice comments and for all the great support you have given us for such a long time now my friend.

[@garymessina1609]

Alright Dave I'm here learning again great content thank Steve for me I only wish I could have been there for this but I am only a prime power generator tech working on prime movers is my favorite thanks Dave for a great video

[@ccrx6700]

Oh Gary how awesome would it be if we could sometime get you on the show to provide us with your wealth of knowledge! What a great video that would make. We do so appreciate all the wonderful comments and great support you have given out channel my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Your very welcome Gary.

[@ronhelman3985]

Another Great video Dave, really enjoyed it!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Ron. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@jason27swg]

look at Dave getting all fancy. New logo new opening and being Mr Ed Sullivan! love it

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Jason. The new intro is credited to Alex Sawyers. He was an engineer like you having over 10 years RR experience. He did that intro for me simply because he loves the videos. Cannot say how much I appreciate all the wonderful comments and excellent support you have given me for such a long time now my good friend. Watched Ed Sullivan every time when I was young, of course in black and white.... and always waited for Topo Gigio. Was there the night the Beatles made their debut too!

[@johnsmart964]

Thank you so much for this very interesting and informative video presentation, this has been a great pleasure to hear you comparing notes. As far as culverts are concerned it would seem that cast iron ones are the most long lasting but certainly with beavers around problems will always develop,

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome John. Thank you so much for all your great comments and the excellent support you have been giving the channel for such a long time now my friend.

[@johndanaher6371]

Wow what great content! Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@ccrx6700]

Really pleased John to hear you had a good time with us today. So do appreciate all your wonderful comments and the excellent support you have given our channel for such a long time now my friend.

[@dorothycole8611]

Quite an intro! Good video. Nothing beats experience!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you liked the intro, credit for it goes to Alex Sawyers. Was a good day learning from Steve

[@wilburroth5150]

Great video Dave, can`t wait for the next part. You never see this type of content on the rail fanning sites.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Wilbur for the very nice comment. What we provide for you is unique. Very fortunate we are able to do it. It is very special to me. I am so appreciative of your watching and writing in my good man.

[@dvone4124]

Really kicking new intro for this special mini-series! Loving this look at the CCR from a different pair of eyes, too. Thank you both for sharing your time and experience.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Dvon for sharing that. Your opinion is important to me and I'm very glad you enjoyed both the intro and Steve. Alex Sawyers gets all the credit for the intro as it is his creation.

[@russelltrupia4479]

Awesome intro Dave.Great video as always, love the info👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Russell. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@russelltrupia4479]

@@ccrx6700 Thank you Dave

[@bobparsons77]

Great to be riding along as usual

[@ccrx6700]

Was great to have you ride with us Bob. Thank you so much for visiting and taking the time to watch my good friend. Hope all is well way up north.

[@Kolej100Filmy]

Fantastic coverage 🙂👍 Well done

[@ccrx6700]

Really pleased to hear you enjoyed the show. We certainly appreciate your nice comment and for taking the time to watch my friend.

[@dezertraider]

THANK YOU DAVE,INTERESTING..STAY COOL

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Ralph. Thank you so much for visiting with us and watching the presentation my friend.

[@RDorn27]

Great video Dave! Glad to see your channel is expanding and adding subscribers. Keep up the good work 👏

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much nales21. We really appreciate the nice comment and for your great support of the channel my friend.

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

Love the intro!

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that CaboWabo. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@gtfkt]

I don't think I've ever seen someone like his job as much as you do.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much for the kind words X. We really appreciate your visiting with us today and watching my friend.

[@wbwarren57]

Great video! Great idea for the video. Thank you.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome William. Thank you for the really nice comment and for taking the time to watch. Happy rails to you until we meet again my friend.

[@johncloar1692]

Thanks Dave another great video.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome John. Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments and excellent support of the channel my friend.

[@Boilermaker-Rick]

Awesome video Dave! Thanks!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rick. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@aleu650]

Excellent video. Lots of interesting information 👍👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad you enjoyed aleu650. Thank you for paying us a visit today today and watching the show my friend.

[@thomasedwards2754]

Good day. Your new intro is fantastic! Wow! You need to keep it.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Thomas. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@Bassotronics]

Great information! I actually did not know there were 9 classes of track.🤔 👍🏻😀👍🏻

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear you enjoyed and learned something new bassotronics. Some other countries have 10 classes, 10 for the very high speed which we don't have here in USA. Very much appreciate your watching today my good man.

[@ryanloomis3033]

Looking forward to part #2.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Ryan. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@jongipson4643]

Excellent video!! Love sharing the knowledge!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Jon for the very kind words. Really appreciate your stopping by and watching my friend.

[@alandaters8547]

Wow, Great Intro! Just please don't change your "Smillin' Dave" welcome.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Alan. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@trailwayt9H337]

My engineer sir. Thankyou for introducing of this good video for beautifull cab ride on journey with your guest. ❤️🧡💛💚

[@ccrx6700]

Nice to hear you enjoyed the ride along today Thomas. Thanks for joining us my friend.

[@trailwayt9H337]

@@ccrx6700 ❤️❤️

[@cedarcam]

The intro is great like others I think you should keep it for all future uploads. Steve must be a wealth of knowledge, the company deserve a big thanks for allowing him to ride along with you and share some of it, I am sure you will be looking at rail anchors and evening up the shoulder on both sides now. Good to see he was impressed with your standard of maintenance that's something to be real proud of. Interesting to me is I notice the problem with bridges on my train rides out and there is a spot in a station I pass through often where the subway goes under, that is always getting a bad dip in the track because like a bridge that must have a solid roof and softer ground either side. Really enjoyed this Dave

[@ccrx6700]

I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed the intro and the video cedarcam. Your opinions are important to me and I thank you so much for sharing your wealth of UK railroading with me, I love to learn what others are doing and what they call things. Honestly I was a bit nervous to have a big time railroader coming and worried about what he would think about my track. But he was so kind and gracious and it really made me feel quite good to know I can talk railroading with the best of them, at least here on this side of the ocean.... :-) I would be all ears and eyes if I ever came to visit you guys.

[@cedarcam]

@@ccrx6700 I bet you were nervous but Steve sounds a real kind guy as you say and it was great to hear he was not critical of anything he saw and just pointing out the things to look out for while inspecting. I bet you would love to see the differences between our track standards. As far as I know we do not have different classes of maintenance like you but our main lines are kept to a better standard and inspected more often than the less important lines.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@cedarcam Wasn't there at all to be critical and yes having a great time explaining to the viewers about what I have been taught by the older generations of people in the industry which this was such and honor to do.

[@cedarcam]

@@StormySkyRailProductions Steve Thank you. It is great you shared what you learnt and looked out for, keeping the old way of doing things on record. More and more old skills are being lost over here now, and I am sure over your side as well, as new technology is brought in. We still walk through inspecting but a lot is now done using special trains that take HD video and photos, the video is synced with sensors so, say a dip in a rail will be recorded and they can check on the video to see the fault. I was out on the track over here as a signal maintainer.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@cedarcam Your very welcome, I couldn't agree with you more on the art that has been lost. My opinion you still need the human factor in track inspecting and the human eye also. Experience cant be replaced by technology that's for sure.

[@trainsautisticmarriedsingl6614]

I saw the Sierra J tow boat humping coal barges in McKeesport last week near the Yough & MON junction.

[@ccrx6700]

Perhaps those barges had come from our mine, it is a good possibility as there is now hardly any coal barge traffic like there used to be except from our mine. We send a lot of coal barges north. Thank you so much for visiting with us and taking in the video my friend.

[@OregonCrow]

Woohoo! Thanks Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Oregon Crow. So glad to hear you had a good time with us. We really appreciate your watching my good man.

[@ededmonds8792]

Thank YOU Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Very welcome Ed. So appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch the presentation today my friend.

[@Paw95]

He knows his stuff!! Great video Dave! I just got me a GoPro 10 today for my videos. Man almost $600 lol

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Preston, really glad you enjoyed. I wish you the best with GoPro. My phone does almost as good a job videoing than my GoPro. I would do GP more but I download files on my PC for editing and the phone files are small, GP files are huge and my old PC does not have a lot of storage so I have to constantly keep deleting stuff. Can do a lot more cool stuff with a GP as far as mounting than with a phone. A nice variety of mounting stuff is found in kits, I got mine on Ebay for like 15 bucks.

[@paulsmith5398]

WOW!, a Class 1 video! But..........no power windows on the truck? 🤔😕❗

[@ccrx6700]

Power windows... it's a freighliner....LOL Really appreciate the very nice compliment and for your taking the time today to watch and write in my friend.

[@paulsmith5398]

@@ccrx6700 A Freightliner? I would think that with what one of those costs, it should at least have power windows. But maybe the Management at Cumberland just didnt want to pay for an extra that works easily, and opted for Ye Olde window cranks that are sometimes a bear to operate. It does look like a nice truck, but i imagine it rides rough on the highway due to the weight of the hi-rail wheels. That was a surprise learning that there are 9 classes of rails, an inspector really has to be alert and on their toes doing an inspection.

[@generost5435]

Nice intro Dave, I like it

[@ccrx6700]

That's great to hear Gene. Credit for it goes to Alex Sawyers, he did a fantastic job, getting a lot of good vibes on it. Thank you so much for writing in and letting us know your thoughts my friend.

[@edwardcobb8017]

Hi, Dave, enjoyed the new intro and logo.

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad to hear that Edward. Credit for the intro goes to Alex Sawyers. He is a former locomotive engineer, there is some more info about him in the description if you haven't read it. I will pass on to him your compliments my friend.

[@ChristianBitter]

great video with cool information and very entertaining :-)

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much CHB Rail. So do appreciate your very nice comment and for taking the time to watch and write in my friend.

[@johnnycee5179]

I have seen some of Steve's videos, good stuff

[@ccrx6700]

Steve is a good man, glad to hear you are supporting him Johnny.

[@ljs6446]

Dave, we would anchor 21 tie ahead of the backwall on are bridges also very important we would hook bolt every 4th tie on the bridge !!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you LJS for sharing your railroading knowledge with us. We are woefully inadequate on the approach anchor department. Really appreciate your great support of the channel my friend. 😊👍

[@alfrancisnh]

Awesome new intro Dave!!!!!!! Also, just jumped onto my Train Sim World game on PlayStation 4….. in the creator studio, someone has made an AWESOME Cumberland livery GP38-2!!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so very much alfrancisnh! So glad you enjoyed the new intro, credit goes to Alex Sawyers for making that. FYI, we have never had a GP here, they are all SD, but it's so cool that someone else is making these kind of things, thanks so much for sharing and for taking in today's video my friend. FYI also, I wish we would have had GP's here instead of the 3 axle SD's, it would have been so much easier on our rails over the years with the 2 axle GP's.

[@alfrancisnh]

@@ccrx6700 Ah! The ever informative Dave! Thank you for all of the info as always!!! Looking forward to what’s next to come as always…..stay cool my friend, it’s been hot and humid up here in NH for the last couple of weeks so I can only imagine how hot it’s been out there on the irons!! Stay safe and healthy!

[@stevenpage3311]

Nice ride along Brother 🤙

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Steven. Really glad you had a good time watching. We really appreciate your visiting with us today my friend.

[@lorenwillis425]

Quite the intro!

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you enjoyed Loren. Intro was compliments of Alex Sawyers, he did a great job in his creation for us. Getting lots of good vibes on it. Thank you so much for visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@juancintron5215]

Nice video interesting, Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Juan. So glad you payed us a visit today and very much appreciate the nice comment my fellow railroader.

[@juancintron5215]

@@ccrx6700 Mr.Dave I keep some check stub from 1962-1965. for my personal records 60 years.

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Hi Dave. Interesting video

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Johnathan. So pleased you enjoyed. Appreciate your writing in and for all the great support you have been giving the channel my friend.

[@Will-ct9ww]

Dave can you please do a video explaining what the difference between class specs for the railroad

[@ccrx6700]

Very good suggestion Will, please give me some time, it may be a year or two before I get to that. But you are right, there is a lot of misconception out there about classes of track and classes of railroads. Thank you very much for riding along with us on the track tour today my friend.

[@jimmckinley1384]

Thanks for the great video, as they all are. Have you ever considered using concrete ties in your trouble areas? Might safe $$ in the long run.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Jim, thank you for the kind compliment. We cannot use concrete because they are thicker than wood and my tamper with it's old operating system cannot have the work heads go down far enough for concrete. Really appreciate your watching and writing in my good man.

[@anzwertree]

I had class today on the federal track safety stuff, and I didn't understand it at all. It was all taken from the book from 2023 track safety 213. The book was written in this hyper legalistic way. Very math heavy. They say we take it every year. The guy giving the class just read a power point presentation taken from the book. Literally, he read every word off a slide. The guy next to me seemed to know his stuff. He helped me a lot, I already forgot like 98% of it. I remember something about 62 feet, and there was a string involved. They mentioned something about deviation. I was hoping there was some tutorials somewhere.

[@ccrx6700]

Depending on the class of track, many fed code measurements are taken on a 62 foot chord, most geometry trucks do the same. Don't get discouraged you will get it all figured out sooner or later, hang in there. Hope you can find an older guy who will help you out. Thanks for writing in and the very best of luck to you my friend.