Network rail autobalaster in action.....with problems @ newton aycliffe 18/08/13

[@JANGLEPOP1]

Fascinating video, great capture. Many Thanks for uploading!

[@mikegross6107]

I always wondered how the ballast got deposited along the tracks and now I know, THANK YOU!

[@cyborgbadger1015]

Looks like a Bond villain set piece with all the orange uniforms.

[@mrbluesky2050]

I know all about that problem......especially in 4mm scale with my old railway layout that loaded ballast, we often had far more down on the rails than was good for stock, perhaps network rail need what we used to use, a big vacumn cleaner

[@EnterprisingRailFilms]

A ballast regulator?

[@ljtrains9430]

0:54 you can see that the 2nd ballaster still has some ballast left in that was supposed to be dropped before

[@frenchsteam7356]

I worked on BR until 1990 -The rule book said Ballast trains must NOT be propelled but now?

[@johnheyworth6001]

I’m sure the safety executive will embrace the boot under train while in motion skills !!!

[@1701_FyldeFlyer]

Cant believe a Network Rail operative would use his foot like that to clear ballast in front of a moving wagon!

[@standrewpics]

Yes noticed that . Not good practice.

[@deanronan5308]

That's why you put a tie in front of the wheels prevents that from happening

[@ianjones4116]

4.06 min in, oops moment Lol. Get them men on shovels working, bloody standing about watching !! That's what our Pwss would have screamed and balled at us. Nasty little man he was.

[@amelierenoncule]

They deposited a 1/3 too much ballast.

[@gregjeffcoat4258]

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[@bettyboop65340]

still got that burned out headlight, saw that from another video

[@trainman864]

They're only supposed to have one headlight on.

[@ianjones4116]

Get rid of that digger on the track, put a Plough Brake Van on the back of the Auto Ballaster, make a better job of it. Being in the Plough van was good, until the driver caused a snatch, you ended up head butting the Big Ships Wheel, solid cast iron, yes it hurt. Anyone can drive fast, it takes a Driver to maintain 3mph and drop stone . Especially on an old Loco with no SSC , slow speed control. Pway Army Rule ok.lol

[@dboatube]

2020 11 18 pst usa. great vid of OLD looking ballast cars. the guy using his FOOT to move rocks off the track in front of a MOVING WHEEL is risking major injury! he could loose his balance and end up with his leg over the track and it being cut off! a stick would be much better!

[@DieselDudeRailway]

Great video.

[@amosmaclin4665]

New tracks is Santa Claus coming

[@mat12128]

ooops.great vid though

[@matthewlamb3948]

Epic vid

[@johnkelly1191]

Hobs train

[@aaryjan]

On the final shots (approx minute 7 and on) it is visible what it actually is that they have done. Namely, drop enormous loads of aggregate (as it is called) next to and inbetween the rails. So much, that the tops of those stretching piles, as they have formed, reach higher than the actual rails themselves, in fact almost burying them. The work as carried out and shown here is just totally and absolutely ridiculous. They have used (deposited) waaay too much rock. What are they trying to do, get it so that every train in the future from next Wednesday on will derail furthermore, be cause there continuously will be loads of stones on the rails?!! From minute 7 into this video on, it also becomes visible what the difference is between the section of rail that has so over-enthousiastically been added this rock material to, and the other rail, the one on the left, that has not received this latest treatment. THAT section is, how rails are supposed to look.

[@iancanuckistan2244]

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