Albánie hnědouhelný důl / Albanian lignite mine

[@traktoros]

Originally, it was a battery powered loco (we have a similar one - with batteries in Kemence, Hungary). The loc works with 40 Volts DC, no 230 V or higher voltages! :)

[@geraldrivett8923]

I visited this location in 1992 when on an EU Mission in Albania where I lived for a year at that time. The stud of redundant steam locos at Durres was a sight to behold for a railway enthusiast. The other location which I visited was the Steel and Iron Works at Elbasan which had its own railway system but with diesels in charge. The lack of any H & S control in both these places was remarkable !!! GFR

[@SteamboatWilley]

"They said I could be anything, so I became a pantograph."

[@raymondk2202]

that Pulse Width Modulation @ 1:28

[@listonoszpat233]

:-) w mordę jeża tego największe umysły by nie wymyślały !

[@grzegorzmadrjas3368]

Mr Chopper!

[@zrt3128]

All of you guys acting like you're better than us, fucking around with your ne555 and whatnot. This is how we do it in Eastern Europe

[@JanicekTrnecka]

and now try to get in kHz range :D

[@stuartthegrant]

I love the manual Overhead Pickup.

[@ppcall1]

Un extraordinario vídeo para comprender y entender el desarrollo que el ferrocarril ha tenido a lo largo del tiempo. Desde su origen en el transporte de mineral, hasta nuestros días podemos ver un progreso en el tren continuo.

[@backwoodsgps]

looks like fun to me had jobs like this too love the smiles

[@aurelienclair4465]

wow the human pantogragh.

[@stereomonocoly]

The most modern pantograph all over the world :))))

[@janesullivan4421]

I'm sure they do care about "labour protection", i.e. health and safety. The driver is wearing heavy-duty gloves to isolate himself from the power line, for instance. With the run-down state of the system, and probably no money to repair and otherwise improve it, what else can the workforce do to keep their jobs, get paid, and feed their families?

[@ivanattila9429]

This is obviously not the workers fault, it's their employers. If you don't have money to run a fucking mine safely it's better to close it down.

[@CaptainScarlet67]

He's wearing the gloves so that he doesn't die. He can't earn money if he's dead.

[@pianoman74]

Oh, 100A, really? Yes maybe. I was just posting because of the reason that people read low voltage values (like 40V) and say, hah, as long as it's no 3-digit voltage value, it's not dangerous. This is a common (and probably very dangerous) misinformation!

[@Filipko999]

Yes, it can be just 40V. Amperage would be, of course, really high, I expect around 100A maybe more. But who cares, when the voltage is too low to make any harm? Human´s body has at this voltage very high resistance to be injured.

[@DNRY122]

A link to this video was just posted on Railway Preservation News. Expect a lot of hits from US electric railway fans. A comment on the smiling attitude of the workers: this is probably a sign of a crew that has good teamwork, which goes a long way toward making up for the rather marginal equipment. I did notice that some of the workers had hard hats, which is more than one can say about the Empire State Bldg. slide show I saw the other day.

[@ShizukuSeiji]

Love the pointwork!

[@nalpenaisan]

The latest pantograph tecnology all of the world ！！ wanderful !

[@zazaoffice]

"But the body has about 1000 Ohms, and then the Current would be 36mA, wich isn't deadly." I think there is more then 36mA in trolley.

[@CBeard849]

Sure looks like an "E" ticket ride to me! Crazy! Like a speedway bike...It's either ON or OFF! Send that guy some iron on patches for his elbows.

[@pioneer5555]

depends on the voltage. it could actually be pretty safe

[@TheLut3r]

Albanian PWM chopper

[@w5cdt]

Probably low voltage high current DC.

[@paul2no]

So this is the mysterious manual PWM...

[@traindude70]

this is a old sparky mining railroad we used to have quite a few of these in the USA, and no that is very high voltage dc very dangerous. just don't grab the wire!

[@jetztisfeierabend]

i guess its not a high voltage and maybe DC thats safe till around 45. The sign thats not high voltage is the sparcels are not very big but could also be something like 200V. Looks pretty scary though

[@13.PÁC]

Its 40V DC

[@DimusDeluxe]

Albanian Shinkansen

[@zanelile2991]

First - I like the on / off switch for car drive.

[@neiluk1984]

Reminds me of the Manchester Metrolink...

[@adytuky]

that is so cool because those trains look so little.

[@ROCKSTARCRANE]

This is too much!! Talk about basics. The hand-held 'trolley-pole' had me on the floor!!

[@glennofootscray]

Eastern block OH&S, up there with the sub continent and China.

[@Maciej_Malec]

ciekawe rozwiązanie ;D

[@Raminagrobisfr]

look the sparks, it's more the 200V volts.

[@aloisbembel]

With the extracted coal they solely produce the energy for the mine train...

[@karelfromholland]

Is that the Albanian ICE ?

[@logoseven3365]

“I wonder how many volts are in those rail?!” “It’s not the volts, it’s the amps!” “I wonder how many amps are in those rails?!” “Enough to move a train!”

[@megatwingo]

I couln´t believe it when I saw it. 5***** and favourite!

[@kingkush03]

What is this...Open electric Power Line.

[@RBMNcndr]

I LOVE IT!!!

[@SilentDrapeRunner]

1:30 - rozruch impulsowy ;-) Ciekawe kiedy przepalą ten przewód i będzie "niespodzianka" :-)

[@stevenoakes1857]

Does the job

[@dumbbuff]

That just makes all sorts of sense

[@herbgarratt]

Are these guys trying to outdo the darwin Awards?

[@7r0j4n]

1:35 lol the cart grounding out and sparking on the rail

[@limeyfox]

Now I REALLY HAVE seen it all!

[@paulmattt]

Lignite is my hobby!

[@volfenstein1988]

Ekipa Pantograf

[@Filipko999]

Oh my god, go back to Elementary school and learn perfectly Ohm´s Law. Resistance of human body, which is more than 1Mohm, won´t allow the current to be higher than few amps. Amps are killer in case, when they are allowed to pass through body. The higher the voltage is, the lower the resistance of the body is (very simply said) but 40Volts is not enough to kill.

[@donaldasayers]

In Middlesex England in the 50s a guy got killed, wedged under a battery- electric milk-float busbar and a damp concrete floor at 12V.

[@w5cdt]

OSHA would be proud.

[@MrCledus159753]

to je šalina

[@tompaah7503]

If it rains? Dudes going to get a funky hairstyle!

[@JBofBrisbane]

"Don't cross the streams - that would be bad!"

[@karennicholson751]

Wow

[@Antphoneigh]

omg wow!

[@drixdresspressprr]

Hammergeiles Video ,Klasse die Stromaufname.Auch die Weichen sind Klasse. Wer baut es im Modell nach???

[@MG06ZT]

OMG - what a nightmare!

[@manizyn5003]

ale kwadratowy rozjazd :-D

[@brianstratton8767]

Geez, seems like a ride/attraction @ Class Action Park:/

[@Jackson_tsai]

People use pantograph stick to move the locomotive

[@soundseeker63]

That is so bad, it is good! I swear I will never complain again about the state of British infrastructure!

[@juk-hw5lv]

Podejrzewam, ze mniej wiecej tak wygladala by polska po 20 latach rzadow Korwina

[@welbhloud]

36V is harmless, 100 Amps is not... And amps are killer

[@ebtv445]

It's like saying the earthquake doesn't kill, it's the tsunami afterwards that kills

[@welbhloud]

@@ebtv445 i wasn't an electrician 13 years ago and I sure am not one today 😁😁😁 thanks for pinging this one tho.

[@kloutvor]

To je jak před 100 lety

[@lucdevriese718]

Et ça fonctionne ! 😄👍

[@proxx1988]

sad... but true.

[@boilerwash1]

Well, at least they have hardhats.

[@kevingoncalves881]

Carai bagulho é doido

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Seven foot Igor ran into the wire again! Should have been wearing his hardhat. Nice OHS high-voltage compliant gloves though. This is what happens when you have to earn a crust and there’s no spare money for luxuries like WHS. Not too different to stuff that was acceptable when I was 15 and new to the work force.

[@さとし555]

wow

[@Isochest]

The Human Pantograph!!

[@DELOREAN-LINER]

Good idea! But too dangerous.

[@w5cdt]

I noticed that none of those guys were fat. Does that tell you anything about we Americans? :-)

[@Steelereumel]

Alter Verwalter ;-) Und ich hab gedacht, ich hätt schon alles gesehen.

[@Salapet]

hey man, that is dangerous!:)

[@Richardsrailway]

freightliner on a bad day !

[@pianoman74]

allerliebst, der Lichtbogen =D

[@PriestmanCub]

I'd love to see a European Health and Safety experts face if he saw this arrangement. He'd probably faint!

[@smoookaaa]

hollly shiiit. is this a "welding machine powered train"? LOL :D :D

[@sneebly]

Call out the FRA STB and NTHSA

[@Rohrzang-Loisl]

OMG...mir fehlen fast die Worte zu dieser "fortschritlichen" Bahn... Man bemerke den handbetriebenen Stromabnehmer(sehr sicher...loool) und die recht einfach zu stellende Weiche =)

[@sachse6351]

Dafür ist der sicherlich gut ausgebildete Weichensteller äußerst eifrig bei der Arbeit! 😜 - Und wegen der Stromabnahme, hauptsache CO² neutral! 👍

[@forgotten0freedom]

Wtf is that? One time a wet hand, and the driver is fried!

[@tantive4]

Mmm. Sparky...

[@manizyn5003]

i te zasilanie impulsowe :-D

[@Robert_Koronthaly_M]

Albánští workmeni - BSP

[@pianoman74]

@traktoros 40 volts? Really? That electric arc gave me the impression that there is much more than a mere 40 volts on these cables!! At least if you're right about 40 voits, the CURRENT seems fu*king high (I think 50 A minimum, I'm not kidding!!) Because: you won't get these sorts of sparks with a few milliamperes... BTW, did you know that 4 (four) volts can be deadly to you!! Think of electrolysis industry...(galvanotechnics) these devices have "only" a one-digit voltage and....10 000 A!!

[@TheMirko1958]

správní chlapi

[@xx331]

猴塞雷啊.手持式集電弓.

[@LovelessCzeon]

1:27 Pantograph :D

[@Richardsrailway]

And they didn't even scotch & clip the point's ! lol

[@ManSnowdrift]

Ахаха Хочу себе такой же троллейбус

[@F2STU]

Fucking hell thats hilarious!

[@eleven68]

Ez a biztonságos technológia ...

[@marek35]

sou to pankáči :))

[@fireIV]

This is the US after Obama

[@CryptoNkrems]

lool the collector :D

[@lechwos]

ja pierdole 21 wiek gornictwo jak sie patrzy

[@lulufachruri2290]

Funny

[@KPinfo]

CZŁWIEK PANTOGRAF heh

[@V8FordTempo]

ZAP! ick

[@Spiegelwagen]

Langweilig!