Jackson 6700 Tamping a Bad Line Sway that also has Twist and Warp in the Track

[@itakofkarstaag]

I used to work for a company that built MoW equipment like this, and every so often we'd get new management and they'd decide that we should develop a tamper. And all the engineers would just shake their heads because we knew we'd never hold a candle to one of these. We built some pretty awesome stuff but the tech required for a tamper is something else.

[@ccrx6700]

You are sure right in that Logan, I been running this thing for 18 years not and it still puzzles me sometimes, an amazing machine for sure it is. That's pretty neat you got to be involved in building RR equipment, that has always fascinated me how you guys do it. Thanks sir for watching

[@jimbos3421]

I thought I knew something about railroads in my 63 years, but between you & DJ, I realize there is alot that’s not apparent unless this is your job! My hats off to you, sirs, you are both excellent teachers.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Jimbo, glad you are liking these home movies, lot goes into maintaining a RR and am happy can share a small part of that with you, it's very special to me that I can do this and that you and so many others are enjoying them

[@russphilly]

@@ccrx6700 i have been enjoying your videos the last few months ..I see you have been with this job since 1977 ..what dedication and you love it so much...that is really something I am glad to hear. I have had so many B.S. jobs since 1977 ..there were a few I really enjoyed..but not like yours. ...again LOVE your most informative and entertaining videos. Russ in Phila.

[@ccrx6700]

@@russphilly Thank you Russ

[@tommarshall333]

Great Vlog. My dad worked in Building&Bridge Dept. for Santa Fe for 30+ years. That was LOOONNNG before all the new equipment, when each rail had to be carried and placed into place and the spikes driven by manpower.

[@petezapadka]

Wow, Dave, this was absolutely fascinating. Who among us on the outside knew so much maintenance and work was involved keeping the railroad active!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed today's episode Pete, thanks for viewing 🌝

[@modelenginerding6996]

I'd find this job would be more interesting than hauling cars. Every day must be different.

[@ccrx6700]

@@modelenginerding6996 yes it is, used run loco here, cool job for 2 months, then same thing everyday, lot better on MOW, big variety and more challanges. Thanks for watching

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

@@ccrx6700 I watched this twice and still didn't have the slightest idea on what you were talking about.

[@fredflintstoner596]

I KNEW, SURELY EVERYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN WOULD KNOW !

[@highlife0586]

I just discovered this channel this morning. This is interesting to me as I am a retired hydraulic rail straightener operator.

[@ccrx6700]

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you with us and thank you for watching sir

[@jmitchell8164]

I remember watching them do this on a Pennsylvania rail line in the 60’s and this was done with cables and a guy watching the gauge to determine the level. Times have changed.

[@ccrx6700]

Yep they sure have, but sure would have liked to have seen how the old timers did it by hand, that would have been just fascinating to me to be able to watch them. Appreciate your viewing the video

[@leslane4421]

Another interesting video Dave, there's more to railroading than just trains running. Maintance is the key.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Les, you are so right in that sir. As always appreciate your watching 🌝

[@ccrx6700]

@Carl Ferrigno you got that right Carl, cause just wait till you see vid coming out this week! Your words will be never truer!

[@AP9575-jd]

Those are some very interesting machines. We always enjoy hanging out with you no need to apologize about vid quality. Nice job!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks 👍

[@purplealice]

Hey, I always thought you were just a railfan with access to some interesting railroads - it never occurred to me that you actually worked for the railroad. Dream job for a railfan!

[@ccrx6700]

Yep, been workin here since 1977, now you know. Where did the time go? Anyway thanks for the viewing

[@6777Productions]

I love watching a tamper work. It's a piece of magic that I am just wanting to learn more about constantly. It amazes me that someone was able to think of a contraption like that just to solve one problem. Amazing! Simply amazing brains at work!

[@ronaldpiper4812]

Agree cool have no clue how it works. But the tie cutter and replacer. Sweet But the guy on top of car putting off new ties is wow

[@ccrx6700]

Now how cool is this: was watching your Saluda vid when you posted your comment here 👍 love it!

[@ccrx6700]

Yep, when they started putting out the mechanized tampers it put thousands of Chinese and Irish workers out of a job along with many others

[@6777Productions]

@@ccrx6700 work of many combined into the work of 1. The benefit and downside of automation

[@ccrx6700]

@@6777Productions sure is easier than hand jacking and tamping with lining bars, don't miss those days at all! 😉

[@chrishinnant3924]

I just love the Tamper & Regulator at work. One of my favorite maintenance machines is the shoulder cleaner, with that big old wheel on the side.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Chris. We don't have a shoulder cleaner here, alas... sure could use one tho! Thanks for watching the video today.

[@Flyby-1000]

This is freakin' KOOL!!!!. I love the behind the scenes stuff... The things you don't see or think about... I would love to do a channel like this but for commercial aviation maintenance. The airlines and 3rd party maintenance providers would never allow me to record the stuff that goes on behind the scenes in that industry....

[@bazis98]

I, too, would love to see that.

[@ccrx6700]

That would be awesome if you could, we are really lucky cause most RR's won't allow this to happen either. Do appreciate your viewing today's episode 👌

[@nancyoffenhiser4916]

@ Flyby1000, Unfortunately you're correct. If they did allow the maintenance to be shown there wouldn't be any planes in the sky. Not that you're doing a bad job I'm not saying that there's some wonderful people in aviation maintenance I knew a few great people, but it's kind of like cruise ships you have the fastest turnaround in the world for cost cutting and how are you going to get a ship completely loaded up with food and everything else AND disinfected with everything else in such a quick period of time the same thing has to happen with airliners and I'm afraid the more people get vaccinated we're going to go back to planes that are dirty again and routine maintenance that's rushed cuz they're the companies are always pushing on the maintenance people because it's money, money, money and you can't make money if the plane's sitting on the ground. Some days it just feels like people who lose their lives and these accidents are expendable to the companies because somebody said well you didn't give me a chance to do an x-ray or we bought something from a third party vendor that wasn't totally checked or whatever.

[@aghauler1964]

Totally fascinating, when i worked wrecking gang, my job was 977 track loader, Worke a 50 car coal wreck, At the end I had pushed the coal out and was pushing in rock from a shooter car. Im terrible a grading, the foreman called me down and said " just push it flat, Ill make the tie bumps later!!" Thanks for posting, Be safe.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks David, I cut my teeth way back in the early 1970's on a 977 loader pushing coal, that was a great machine to run, I was young and didn't mind the rough ride but it sure could push! Stopped it one very very cold day on a coal pile, next morning it wouldn't move for me, heater in it sucked, but the tracks had frozen to the ground! Next night I parked in on boards

[@01ripkirby]

I left the railway track surfacing game in 1981 in Australia. We had the very agricultural Tamper brand machines. They could get as good a result as yours, but we had to work for it. It gets in your blood and whenever I see a machine working, I stop and watch. Around 1980 machines were getting more modern and better to use. Plasser to me even though I was a tamper man, were a more robust machine and gradually took over in most states.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Rip. You are right, railroading does get in your blood and you can't get it out. I've heard a lot of guys like the Plasser equipment, I've never been around one. Appreciate very much your taking the time to write in and to check out the tamping video my friend.

[@thelivingear990]

I saw one of these from a distance 15 years ago. I thought it was so cool to see how it worked on the tracks. Makes you wonder all the labor that had to go into something like this before this machine or something like it was created.

[@ccrx6700]

Sure was a lot of manual labor back then, tampers put hundreds of them out of a job, but it sure is quicker and easier than having to hand jack track and then tamp it with bars. Thanks for watching

[@Big.Ron1]

This is really interesting. 40 years ago when I got out of the Navy I tried a number of different rail roads but back then with no experience no one was hiring. The economy wasn't good so I ended up going to work in the oilfield for a few years. I would have loved to have been able to get on with a railroad. It would have been a great career. Thank you and be safe.

[@clarkpj1]

What a difference from when I worked on the railroad 50 years ago! The jack and the tamper were 2 separate machines and the foreman would check the alignment by kneeling down and putting an eyeball on the track. All gauge and elevation checks were also manual.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks for sharing with us, love to hear how old railroaders did things. Before we got a tamper way back we used track jacks and lining bars to hand tamp, but I was 40 years younger too! Appreciate your checking out the video my friend.

[@thomasgasaway5068]

Thanks for explaining the Jackson tamper. Back in the 70's we had one of those Air/ hyd Jackson do all tamper/ track liner/ ballast wings/track broom/Track jack. The track level was done by cable controled level board and of course the hand held level board. I am glad you guys have so much beter equipment than what we had back then.

[@ccrx6700]

I've seen one of those old machines but never watched one actually work Thomas. You are right, this 6700 is the cat's meow compared to that old thing. Thank you very much for watching the aJackson 6700 tamping video my friend.

[@russelltrupia4479]

Glad you are back. Your info. and detail showing all that you do is awesome. The explanations and demos of what you are doing are great . GREAT job Dave please keep showing us just what goes into railroading.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Russell, will do sir, lots good videos coming your way, I got like 15 or so already made, next up 9 vids about our recent derailment

[@russelltrupia4479]

@@ccrx6700 Looking forward to seeing them

[@brianhickey5949]

I have watched tamping and rail setting done from the track side, but this is *pow*! We get to see the technology combined with the hydraulics to fix the sway and the rise/dip - just about as cool as it gets!

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome Brian, really nice comment sir and am pleased to hear you liked working with me today

[@dorothycole8611]

Glad to see what "tamping" involves. Looks so complicated! VERY impressive! Thank you.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome glad you like the show

[@rickprusak9326]

Hello Dave. If you want to make some serious overtime, or interested in having a lifetime employment opportunity, come to the Detroit area. There are thousands of miles of crooked, warped, and loopy track's throughout the tri-county area, that the best thing to do is totally rebuild the track beds, and install brand new rails. You should see how the locomotives and freight cars, along with passenger cars rock and weave side to side, and roll down the line like a twisted rattlesnake. I don't think there is a straight 10 feet long piece of track anywhere in the Detroit area. That gives meaning to the phrase: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Thanks for all the interesting rail videos that you make for us viewers. You make railroading fun.

[@ccrx6700]

Well Rick I really enjoy taking a section of really messed up track and making it look really nice, so your offer is very tempting to me. Kinda sounds like you got a lot of Penn Central track up there....LOL But of course maybe you don't know history of PC? It was a mess and there was no money and what was once 70 MPH track over time became 10 MPH track. As to your offer, I'm almost 68 years of age and they need me here for the rest of my life.... besides it's only 12 miles from home. That meant a lot to me when you said the videos were interesting and making railroading fun. Thank you so much for the very kind words my friend.

[@tzadik36]

Great video. Lucid explanation. And of course, great work. Putting "heart" and mind into the work - the worker becomes one of the immortals.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Robin, nice to know you enjoyed sir, really do thank you for viewing the show sir

[@davidjarrell1684]

I enjoy your videos a lot. My son told me he did fire suppression on loco 22 for you guys and I think he said he met you. Keep up the great work. That track is looking awesome!

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome David! I can't recall meeting him, but your son prob has a better memory than me, so I probably did. thank you for the very nice comment and glad you enjoyed seeing the video

[@carey1foremmer]

I have adhd and my brain becomes a sponge when it comes to stuff like this so refreshing an interesting thanks alot Dave for sharing all this with us!🤍

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed the show, you might then enjoy some of my other tamper videos on a playlist on my channel. We do appreciate your watching kzbin.info/aero/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR

[@carey1foremmer]

@@ccrx6700 yes sir I sure do!, and thanks Dave I’ll check it out now👌🏼

[@ccrx6700]

@@carey1foremmer 🙂

[@jjxtwo1]

I am always happy to see that you have posted another video! Definitely enjoyed the detailed look at before and after and during the work as well. That is satisfying to see how much that track improved. It's really nice to be able to have the computerized control as well as manual control. Thanks Dave, that was very interesting.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Jeff, glad that you enjoyed seeing the show today, really do appreciate your watching these. It does make me feel of some value to take a really messed up section of track and make it better, job satisfaction I guess

[@majikglustik9704]

So that's what the HERZOG that's with us looks like. HUGE DIFFERENCE? THAT'S THE herzog THAT'S WITH US. FYI: just in case any oldheads heard it on the dispatch radio but just couldn't picture what the HERZOG is. Now you know. Thanks 6700, you said it better than I could. May the HERZOG be with you.

[@georgen.8027]

Old rig, but you've kept the cab looking factory fresh... amazing!

[@ccrx6700]

Well thank you G N, really appreciate your noticing and for watching the video my friend..

[@espeescotty]

As others have already mentioned, that really was good to see just how effective just one good pass of your tamper was. Too bad for all the ground moving beneath to thwart your best efforts at maintaining perfection. I'm impressed by the complexity of the tamper and how quickly all of that heavy gear just goes up and down so quickly and efficiently and that it's really doing some hard tasks all at the same time. That machine is impressive enough that a guy could pay homage to it by naming his KZbin channel after such a critter!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you liked viewing today's episode. I figure I got round 8,000 hours running it over the years so guess that why the 6700 on my user name, it like a part of me now. Track drops and shifts all the time, it always something to fix up, but, that's railroadin 😊

[@espeescotty]

Yes, always something to fix or maintain or adjust.

[@supercuda1950]

nice to see someone who enjoys their work and takes pride in it. Interesting to see what the machine from the inside.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rupert, glad you enjoyed it sir. Got some other tamper vids if sometime you might care to watch here: kzbin.info/aero/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR

[@louisb229]

Great education and your work is outstanding. My opinion is based on learning from you, plus I am biased because of your honesty and your love for railroading.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Louis, very nice comment there and do appreciate your viewing of today's show

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

I see the tennis ball on your dash there. People don’t understand how important those are when working on the track. Saved me several times.

[@ccrx6700]

Have some back problems and a Dr. told me to put a tennis ball under the back of my legs when sitting, it helps relieve the muscle tension. I have tennis balls in all my track equipment here. Now you got me curious, what did you use them for?

[@Morganstein-Railroad]

Fascinating to see how track maintenance is done. Brilliant stuff.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Alan, we do appreciate your watching sir

[@TheJstewart2010]

Unbelievably cool and interesting. I had no idea there was this much ongoing track re-alignment needed.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you liked the movie appreciate your viewing 👍

[@barbararoberto1258]

Nice job Mr Dave always interesting to watch thumbs up

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Barbara. Really glad you enjoyed and we certainly do appreciate your taking the time to watch today my friend.

[@michaelpass2176]

Good day,been watching the coast guard at work.

[@kurtzbradley]

Wow, having trouble keeping track of all my questions....that machine is really something and you make it sing! Thanks!!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned cause got lot more already made coming out, your gonna like this next series on our derailment

[@steamgent4592]

Pretty kool. I'm used to doing it the old fashioned way with bars, shovels, and forks! But it works this is much easier. Thanks for the view from inside the machine. You guys seem to use an exceedingly large amount of ballast so I'm guessing the ground is fairly unstable on several places I've seen this. If it's marsh like ground the old time repair was to fill leather bags with ballast. I'm sure there is a newer material bag to fill with ballast like I've used to block streams during bridge pier repairs to shift or dam the water and we pump it to the other side below where the work is being done. Something to consider as it supposedly ends the sinking as the bags "float" or stay where they are placed. The rock ballast cages make for good retaining but let water pass very easily and last much longer than ties as well. Waste concrete quarry blocks can also be used if cheaper to get. But from all the ballast you guys get there must be a decent quarry nearby. Like your videos not many MOW crews ever post videos. I've run across a few thermite welding videos before those are cool. You ever do that you'll have to post that. That's really something to see.......

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed the video. PennDot here says they can't get the rock baskets anymore, seems strange to me? Good old time remedy filling the leather bags, I like that. They do make a newer version called Geo Mat, lay it on the soft spot and fill with ballast. Norfolk Southern here had a terrible problem years ago coming out of Baily Mine. They took the track out, bulldozed it to grade then laid down used mine belt, big belt, 72 inch wide by 1 inch thick, then put the track back over that. Zero mud problems there now. Glad you are enjoying the videos, we do appreciate your writing in and for watching SteamGent

[@ccrx6700]

We do thermite welding here as much as we can, have to get a contractor to do it so it is expensive, here's a link to watch one we did several months ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZe9hIx8hNl7r6M

[@steamgent4592]

@@ccrx6700 well PennDot probably just doesn't get them. We just used loads of them at my work along along I78 and along the streams where we were widening the freeway to 3 lanes each side. Reading & Norhern even gets them for that embankment/retaining wall along the Lehigh line.

[@GrandadsLetters]

Interesting! Your videos give me a new appreciation for the guys who keep the rail line open and running!

[@ccrx6700]

Great to hear Larry! So glad you are enjoying them sir

[@kenharbin3440]

Alco the Railroad Dog approves of this video. I find the machinery very interesting. Thanks for posting these videos.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Ken and Alco, appreciate your watching the show today

[@trainmann111]

I thoroughly love your excitement and positive way about you Dave! Between that and how informative and interesting your videos end up being, I'm hooked. I've not seen this kind of track work action, and your perspective really puts us right there in the action! Thank you!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you J M appreciate the nice comment and for watching

[@johnd2042]

Really good video. Never knew how much work goes into maintain these tracks. Interesting to watch an I learned something. Thankyou. Happy Rails.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed John, really do appreciate your watching sir, got a lot more good vids coming up soon for ya. You gonna enjoy this next series of vids on the derailment that happened here, rails weren't happy when that happened...LOL

[@johnd2042]

@@ccrx6700 Thankyou. I do enjoy learning about what you do. Your very passionate about your job. It shows. Thanks

[@ccrx6700]

@@johnd2042 your welcome John

[@timgear9892]

Amazing machine. Can you imagine how many men, jacks, hammers, pry bars and time savings it has replaced.

[@ccrx6700]

Yep when the tampers came out lots of railroaders lost their jobs, but sure is easier to do this with a machine than by hand jacking and using tamping bars! Thanks for watching Tim

[@KWMeikle]

I enjoy learning about alignment, and watching the 6700 do it’s job. Great video Thanks

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Mr. Kevin! I enjoy hearing from you that you like watching these vids sir, appreciate that

[@jasonking2943]

As always awesome video Dave! You mow guys are awesome! It was in the 90's here today and I saw gatoraid coolers High stacked on all of the equipment down here. I was so lucky today I was in a ge unit and the damn ac was blowing air hotter than my mother in law. Haha! I got home my wife threw my clothes in the dirty clothes took a cold shower and cut grass now I'm out of my third shower for the day and wrapped up my day watching you work!!!! That's RAILROADING for sure:)

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Jason, I understand about AC blowing hot air, have had problems with tamper AC doing same thing, that was why my doors were open in video. Thanks for watching my friend, do appreciate that sir

[@terryirons1966]

Afternoon Dave [ ccrx 6700 ] .... from a retired Australian NSW Loco depot gent ......... totally enjoy your videos ... great info .. keep it up ..

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Terry, really swell of you to make that nice comment, it's much appreciated

[@chrisstromberg6527]

Wow that looks like a plumber’s nightmare with all of those hydraulic hoses! Very interesting to see how this is done!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much Chris really do appreciate the nice comment and for watching the show my friend.

[@captainmorgan757]

Keep 'em comin'!!! Being a former locomotive engineer, I *really* appreciate your job and videos! p.s. I like the way that you're not afraid to get your hands dirty!! lol

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you captainmorgan, great to hear you are enjoying these, bet now you wish you knew more about MOW when you were running, got a friend who is engineer with Norfolk Southern and he tells me he never realized what all went into keeping him on the tracks. We do appreciate your watching sir

[@espeescotty]

Oh, and nice to see your evolution in your video making skills, Dave. These are looking good and showing us the different angels and shots is nice. I see your fans agree.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you my friend, makes me feel good coming from a pro like yourself, any tips will be greatly appreciated, I'm in the learning stage here

[@ianjones4116]

As long as you've got good gauge, they'll run on anything. Lol. Thanks for the view inside the machine . Super Elevation of the high rail (cant). I remembered. That's some Posh Gauge you have there Dave. Ours was made of Wood and Brass 👍😎

[@ccrx6700]

It is amazing what a train will pass over, and your right Ian, good gauge is vital. Yep super is called cant in your neck of the woods. Appreciate your tuning in and watching the show my friend.

[@MilePost106]

Thanks for sharing this video!!!! I have always wanted to see inside a tamping machine.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome, glad you liked today's home movie and thanks for watching

[@tpobrienjr]

Timber wants to rot, soil wants to move. Thanks for sharing.

[@ccrx6700]

Yes sir Thomas, but that's railroading.... :-). Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and watch. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

[@StevenRides]

This is REALLY interesting to see. I can't imagine it's easy to learn watching those monitors and tamping manually. I've been curious as to what these do for some time always seeing them on VRF cams. Thanks again for the view Dave, another educational and neat upload. keep up the great work!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks glad you liked the show today, do appreciate your viewing sir

[@MontanaGrizzly73]

Again, an education. It looks to me that the Tamper pulls the ties up so that ballast and fill can re support the rail? Sorry for the denseness.....hee. Thanks so much, as I watch, I learn. Love your vids!!!

[@ccrx6700]

In a nutshell Douglas that is what it does, it can lift track and also line track and put super elevation in the curves, an awesome machine, got lots of vids on tamping on a playlist on my channel if you might be able to find time to watch them. Do appreciate your viewing

[@MontanaGrizzly73]

@@ccrx6700 Sweet, that's what I'm seeing. I'll check some of them out. I live not far from the southern Montana MRL line that crosses the state. I'll know more now when I see them lining track this summer. Thanks!!!

[@ccrx6700]

@@MontanaGrizzly73 👍

[@garymucher9590]

Still amazes me after all the years trains have been running, that they still don't have something to take the place of the cross tie timbers. I would have though by now that some plastic composition would have come up with a viable substitution for the cross ties that never would rot out or need replaced. IDK. Thumbs Up!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Gary, glad you enjoyed. They do make composite ties but they are very expensive and require drilling before driving a spike, some RR's do use them for specialty applications but as a general rule they just too expensive to put in a lot, wish that would change I think they would be ideal, never rot and are tough

[@barrybickle7992]

Wow. New tech. Ran an old fashion tamper, all eye ball. Great video.

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome Barry, you are a real operator! Glad you enjoyed the home movie today

[@stretchlimo7275]

Excellent video Dave, that tamper is worth its weight in gold to you guys! It’s always worth reading the description in your videos as well, your very thorough and explain things the weren’t in the video! Catch you in the next one my friend👋🏼😎

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, good to hear you liked this one, appreciate your viewing the show today

[@mickryan2450]

From oz here repaired these mcs for years also austrian plassers way more expensive and complicated

[@290wayne]

Have a good day Dave... Thanks for sharing..

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Wayne, you also 😊

[@TriGogglin]

Enjoyed this very much, when you first climbed into the cab and looked through the tamper thru all those hoses, I was in awe, this was a great video showing how it all works, thanks Dave, keep up the great work. And be safe out there.

[@ccrx6700]

Did you so you would know where all the hoses go on the tamper your building! As meticulous as you are I know you'll get everyone of them right too....lol

[@TriGogglin]

@@ccrx6700 lol well you are right about that, I sure am trying but as small as it is I may have to take some liberty and make it look goid

[@catpurrson3651]

Oh yeah, I agree, absolutely fascinating! I've only seen MOW work from a distance. This is a real treat!

[@ccrx6700]

Great to hear you enjoyed the entertainment tonight. We do appreciate your writing in and for watching my friend.

[@TheTreegodfather]

Now you're playing with my main area of expertise; automation and controls. 😊 Wait til you see the newer gear, with dedicated HMI's and no more CAN-net problems. 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed. I have no idea what HMI or CAN net is tho. We very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

[@dereklent13]

Another cool video. I enjoy seeing the little Cumberland mine railroad. I have a couple of friends that work there in the mine. I work for ns in the area.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Derek, aren't you the engineer that ran the CSX train I taped couple days ago? Appreciate your watching these!

[@dereklent13]

@@ccrx6700 Yeah I was the conductor on that took that train up to Bailey the other day. Sadly I don’t have my engineer license yet because of the decline of coal in the area. I’ve been with ns for 7 years now

[@ccrx6700]

@@dereklent13 Awesome Derek! Thanks for writing in and sharing that

[@PlanetMojo]

Your videos are getting better every time Dave. I remember when they were all in vertical mode 😊

[@ccrx6700]

Oh dear, that was a long time ago.... Tryin to get better, appreciate your viewing sir

[@PlanetMojo]

@@ccrx6700 When I first got recommended your channel, they recommended all of the older stuff along with the newer stuff - so I just saw a lot of that stuff recently. It's good stuff, but you can definitely see the improvement 😊

[@ccrx6700]

@@PlanetMojo thank you, am tryin get better, maybe some day will become a pro like you. Hmmm, you can set up a correspondence school, teach me an charge me big bucks to take your course! 😉

[@PlanetMojo]

@@ccrx6700 That's funny. I can barely hold the camera straight and hate selfies 🥴

[@suzannewilde6733]

WOW! It reminds you of being out on a boat with all the sway. Great job. Great video.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks you Suzanne, glad you liked the show and appreciate your viewing

[@rickcooper6817]

Mr. Dave that was fantastic sir, very interesting and well presented. Keeping the rails in good shape is important for safety as well as efficiency for the loco's. Great job my good man!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rick, really glad you enjoyed today's episode 👌

[@TreyBiscoe]

Extremely enjoyable video, I seen these pieces of equipment in use, but didn't really know what exactly it did and how it worked. MORE PLEASE!!

[@ccrx6700]

Trey glad you liked the show sir. I got several other videos of me working the tamper on a playlist if you'd sometime care to view them. kzbin.info/aero/PLTyDYTDnT0248s5BsB1abGpTrwNTDQFmR

[@TreyBiscoe]

@@ccrx6700 Yes sir, I will gladly view them when I have a chance to. Thanks again.

[@davidfoubert1493]

I was a foreman on Plasser Cat tamper we used a laser gun set up 1/2 mile down the track. That machine would follow that laser and leave the track straight as a arrow. Wasn’t too crazy about the Jackson did the job though

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome David! We looked into a laser several years ago, lot of expense and for the small amount of tangents we have plus only having class 2 track decided it wasn't worth it. Guy told us that operator better have some big balls when using it when that track is getting pulled 6 inches into alignment, but it sure would have been nice to have it. Thanks for watching sir, appreciate that

[@minutemanmac]

Thanks for the vid! MK2 and Mk4 operator here and it's nice to see a 6700 running

[@tucobenedicto109]

Real cool video. I'm not in that can but usually on the side making sure a cable or wire is not tamped. Among other equipment. We have a metro 4x4. And a unimat. Which works like a caterpillar!

[@ccrx6700]

Everybody has an important job do, guy in the cab depends on a guy like you to keep him out of trouble. Appreciate your watching sir 🌝

[@michaeld5888]

We do need to keep building more perfectly functional kit like this rail machine with analogue dials, buttons and switches and a skilled operator. I have to imagine the fully automated replacement nowadays would cost a trillion dollars and would only then be available when they can get hold of the micro chips. This automation is getting crazy as what would have been a simple process to change the ventilation on my car means concentrating on a large screen with an array of virtual controls which makes driving impossible. Good to see a bit of human skill still winning the day and the satisfaction it gives to all.

[@ccrx6700]

Plasser is on the leading edge of RR maintenance technology Michael, they are located in Europe and it is amazing the high tech they are incorporating into their MOW machines, all in the means to replace man power with technology. In my opinion there nothing better for the track than a good man with a trained eye so I totally agree with you on that. Appreciate your writing in and for watching the video my friend.

[@tombratton3196]

I always learn things from your videos. You are good at explaining. Keep up the great work!

[@danielrongo2367]

Nice glad to see someone who loves his job

[@aceadman]

Your videos are fascinating educational pieces. Thanks for all your hard work in providing them! 👍👍😊

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, really glad you are enjoying them, stay tuned, a lot more to come your way, appreciate your watching

[@lockehaney3013]

Love it when a man is happy with his work

[@ccrx6700]

It makes it a whole lot easier to come to work when you like what you do. I'm 67 and if I didn't love this then would be retired, but it's too good to leave. Appreciate your watching

[@P61guy61]

I enjoyed coming along. Thank you for posting.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you liked the show William, thanks for watching sir

[@darylcheshire1618]

On the now closed Daylesford line the line was left to deteriorate and was rough riding until you cross a road and was smooth because the track had to be a reasonable quality for the level crossing boom track circuits.

[@kishascape]

I love watching tamping machines, I saw a cool modern one just the other week.

[@ccrx6700]

Me too, those Plasser Dyna Cats are totally awesome to watch. All I ever ran is this old 6700. You know it old cause of the absence of joy stick controls...LOL Thanks for watching

[@innercityprepper]

I learn so many things I'll never, ever have to use while watching your videos, but I love it anyways.

[@ccrx6700]

LOL Thanks for watching sir, hey maybe someday you hire on with a RR, you can step right in as road master! Ha Ha

[@innercityprepper]

@@ccrx6700 I'm a bit old to be starting a new career but I appreciate the sentiment.

[@purplealice]

When something is out of whack, you have to give it more whack. That's why whacking something makes it work again!

[@ccrx6700]

Lol ! Next time i'll have to get Patty Whack to help me do more whacking 😄

[@rposton919]

More Whack has been ordered.

[@ccrx6700]

@@rposton919 👍👍👍

[@purplealice]

And if you want to make pancakes from scratch you have to get yourself a box of scratch.

[@irongoatrocky2343]

people don't always realize what it takes to keep trains running smoothly, if they run smooth its safer for everyone, I've seen videos where the track is so warped and twisted that loaded log trains are swaying all over the place.....not good and not safe! trains do not stop on a dime and they carry a momentum when moving and when they spill over all kinds of things happen!.....not always for the better either!

[@BruceHeming]

I'll bet your talking about the train videos that Jason Asselin's shows from Iron Mountain, Mi.

[@geraldblackburn4883]

@@BruceHeming among others

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly right in that sir. Thanks for the comment and for watching 🌝

[@TsunauticusIV]

I’ve seen tracks like that too and just thinking about the stresses imparted by an empty train makes me cringe... the loaded ones must really throw some stresses around when they move.

[@ianjones4116]

That job would've taken us days,, with our electric kango hammers and portable generator lol. 4 on hammers 3 lookouts 1Ganger (gaffer). You do it all Dave. Now that's progress. 👍😎

[@ccrx6700]

We used to use track jacks and lining bars to hand tamp...UGH! Then the air operated jitterbugs similar to your kango. My 6700 tamper is the ticket now for sure!

[@TheAmerican1963]

Gauge side, field side ...... I remember ....Great video !!!!!!! :-)

[@ccrx6700]

👍

[@paulbergen9114]

Even if you don't have the newest equipment if you take good care of it and operate it properly you can still get good results. And just like that the trackage looked much better ready for the crush of new tonnage

[@ccrx6700]

Yep Paul you are right in that sir, take care of the equipment. As always thanks for watching 🌝

[@NorthernChev]

I believe you did mention about the hill slowly sliding away once before in a previous video. I believe you mentioned you also have or had an area that is, or used to be, a culvert that may also be "settling", causing a hill to slip.

[@ccrx6700]

Yep that was a culvert pipe on curve 12 had thought maybe it was collapsing, but engineering looked at it and said it was fine, got several areas like this over the years, just gotta try an keep up with them. Appreciate your viewing today's show sir 👍

[@mustralineabsorbine5082]

Another great video. Technology is now a vital part of rail maintenance.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks you, glad you liked today's show

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

thanks for videos on this stuff i always wonder what they equipment doing by it self on a track

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Andrew and appreciate your nice comment and for watching sir

[@brentcovert1531]

Nice work. Good for 60 Dave..Highball!!

[@ccrx6700]

LOL Brent!

[@rgj5832]

Woah what a video! Normal people never get to see this side of railroading.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment RGJ58. We're glad to hear you enjoyed the show and do appreciate your tuning in today my friend.

[@skimmer8774]

Very interesting and educational. I'd like to see an outside view of the track being aligned.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, i'd sure like to be able to do it also, but since im only one here that can run tamper, cant be in and out at same time. Thanks for watching

[@rakasome]

Good one Dave. I always enjoy your vids.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Ray, appreciate your watching sir. You one of my first subscribers what seems like such a long time ago, you've been faithful ever since.

[@bluefj-wc3vz]

I got to get inside a surfacing machine about 20 years ago on rail job I was working on. I think company was maybe E&G or something like that? 🤔 Anyway it was really neat to see the screen and subsequent passes he made to get the planned alignment. Keep on railroadin 🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@ccrx6700]

Awesome, they are a remarkable machine when they running right. I've been told tho that a tamper is the only piece of RR equipment that can break down sitting in a siding not running...lol Thanks for watching

[@lewistodd9242]

Thanks Dave, I really enjoy watching your maintenance videos. I was wondering what caused the track problems and then you told us. Lol

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Lewis, really appreciate your watching sir

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Awesome stuff once again on the process of surfacing track.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed today's episode of that's railroadin....lol thanks for watching sir

[@michaelpass2176]

Am back Dave watching the adventures of Dave an railroading.

[@ccrx6700]

All right! Thanks Michael and hope you are doing okay my friend.

[@michaelpass2176]

@@ccrx6700 you need to show the boss lady ever once in a while. God bless you both.

[@ronhelman3985]

Another Great video Dave!!! Very interesting!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Ron, am glad you liked it sir

[@Ken_in_Wisconsin]

It would be interesting to me if you would go into more detail on how you tamp, how you spiral the elevation in curves, what you do at grade crossings etc. Thanks for the videos! This is good stuff.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Ken, glad you are liking these. Got several other tamper vids on a playlist on my channel that may answer some of your questions if you would sometime care to watch. Am gonna make a distant future vid of the hows and whys of superelevation. Heres link to my channel where you can find the 6700 Tamper playlist kzbin.info/door/TWNOX8VRkBtevxsPpC3cBA

[@davedennis6042]

I don't know how you stay awake in that machine. That sound just puts me to sleep.

[@ccrx6700]

Lol, it pretty noisy in there full throttle with everything turned on, I have dozed for some brief periods, catch my eyelids shutting. Appreciate your watching Dave

[@mongrelhalfbreedobern]

Bad soil and sub grade will keep you busy forever Dave... Make Dave happy. BNSF should have a unit train auction , usually backed up end to end for miles along Nebraska highway 2

[@ccrx6700]

You're so right about that Greg plus the 16 miles of jointed track Jointed track is a maintenance nightmare, then top it off with leaky coal hopper cars fouling my ballast. Really appreciate your stopping by and taking in the video. May you have a most blessed day my friend.

[@stevem3413]

Really good stuff never knew this about railroading

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Man, you get to play with all the fun toys. LOL :)

[@ccrx6700]

yep Pete and best part is they pay big bucks to by me these big toys to play with and then pay me to do it! LOL LOL