Keeping Trains On Tracks: Shaving Wheels Back Into Shape | Mega Mechanics | Spark

On this episode of Mega Mechanics, trek outback to the New Acland Mine where temperatures are soaring and an old hand on the tools, Steve, is faced with a new challenge. A huge engine needs a change out, but an unscheduled delay means it will take more than just manpower to move this mass of horsepower. The stakes are even higher, or rather, heavier at the broad water sugar mill where the lead fitter Peter is guiding his team through a dangerous lift. With only a few days remaining to strip the mill, he’s feeling the crush.
Across Australia, the wheels of industry turn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These machines are tough and the teams of people running them are even tougher. From deep underground, to high in the sky, these heavy metal marvels are essential to our daily lives. But, what happens when these massive machines break down? Teams of mechanics, engineers, fitters, and boilermakers step up to battle against tight deadlines, in some of the harshest working environments on the planet.
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[@GeorgeCaramalac95]

Nice plane interior

[@GeorgeCaramalac95]

I watch the documentary 10 min a day

[@roadking6841]

Company this size should own their own crane.

[@GeorgeCaramalac95]

Very interesting

[@fai3704]

I would love to work in the mines one day currently working as a diesel tech in Fiji..

[@brettfrancis1527]

You make it sound way more difficult than it is. These are very easy to work on. Not much too them. They are way simpler than most cars.

[@andrewreynolds912]

Well they are actually they have to be trained to be able to do it as quickly and simply as possible

[@alanrobertfisher]

The way the narrator explained why the train wheels need maching. Absolutely no mention of why the wheels aren't flat they are conical.

[@Whiskeybuisness]

All this work being done was on a "SHED-UAL"............Makes me wonder where they went to "SHOOL""................LMAO !!! GREAT JOB !!!

[@MrMardoon]

In the land down under

[@BobSmith1980.]

15:24 how Santa really gets around

[@trucker7818]

My dream job

[@mikebatl1]

When you rush jobs , mistakes are invariably made. I don't understand why the train maintenance isn't done at night so they aren't pushed by a day time schedule . This seems much safer.

[@jdwilliams518]

According to the wheel shaver this was filmed in 2006

[@alanrobertfisher]

I noticed no NGR's.

[@emmanuelcudjoe950]

I really like this job n at the same time it my current career now I'm in it. N I would like u give me an offer as a filled mechanic to work with this group. Pls I need a feed back now thanks

[@patrickroher4760]

Lemmy gues, yer gonna tell us everything that can go wrong n how dangerous it can be. Let me know when some one pokes an eye out.

[@brettfrancis1527]

Yea ive worked on this stuff its simple and easy. No where near as difficult as oilfield. These guys would never cut it in the oilfield.

[@hanspauwels]

High power engine runs on aircraft should only be carried out above concrete, never above asfalt, it can cause the top layer of asfalt to come of and damage the plane.

[@frankschalkwyk7817]

I love to work there is there work for me diesel tech From South Africa Frank Schalkwyk

[@Kilo-ht9oq]

where ?

[@frankschalkwyk7817]

DoD DoD Hi DoD DoD Canada/ Australia out of South Africa Diesel mech / truck trailer mech 18years exp / 2 years exp Pls pls and thnx

[@Kilo-ht9oq]

@@frankschalkwyk7817 am sorry sir. right Q to the wrong person sorry again.

[@frankschalkwyk7817]

DoD DoD No stres but thnx

[@brettfrancis1527]

What the hell is shedule

[@jashimhowlader6761]

First View First Like First Coment.

[@hoodman420]

Douchebag

[@quyetnguyen1165]

Nhàm chán lắm. Chẳng ra đầu đuôi j cả

[@chubrikzhopa4881]

Dramatic much?

[@bloodragefromnorway]

who the fuck writes theese scripts ? holy fuck

[@hoodman420]

Show sucks, just stay on one topic till it's done.

[@kennethmcneely4109]

Yeah it's ticking me off that they don't show the finished repair. "Hey here's one step of the process! Oh...onto the next!"

[@ypaulbrown]

Show is produced for the average viewer, not viewers like us, they wouldn't understand the majority of information any way, got to take what we get... As a former video producer, I find the damn doors slamming shut and opening annoying.....just a junior designer thinking it's Kool I guess. Cheers, PB

[@davidanalyst671]

and they try to make it as dramatic as the Kardashians

[@billycaudill8600]

Good god stop pronouncing "scheduled" that way..it's stupid

[@Grandpa82547]

They pronounce it the way it's spelled. We do it wrong.