New Railroad Bridge Timbers and a Brand new Grapple Truck

[@trenamerritt5344]

You:"Say Hi, Lucky!" Lucky:"Hi Lucky!"🤣🤣 He sure has a nice truck there! I'm glad he let us tag along. Thanks for another fine video!!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Trena. Lucky is a great guy, he always tries hi best to do a good job for us when he comes. Very much appreciate your dropping by and taking in the presentation tonight my friend. Stay tuned, tomorrow night video we will start to replace the bridge deck.

[@Bassotronics]

Great video! On a side note, I like how those trailers with separated wheels eat the road taking curves. It’s amazing the wheels don’t come off when it has tons of weight. Lol

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, nice to hear you enjoyed the show. That's why I showed those trailer wheels, not something everyone usually ever gets to see. Slides easier on loose gravel than road tho. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.

[@zalmaflash]

Not making light of it (new bridge deck) but it made me remember my LINCOLN LOG set from 60 years ago. Great ~ thanks. Now Dave knows why a "backup camera" is called a backup camera.

[@ccrx6700]

LOL I had one of those also, was a lot of fun to play with. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and writing in today my friend.

[@martir3499]

I love your videos. You are a perfect teacher, telling us what things are and what they mean. I love this. Thank you for all you do.

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the very nice comment Marti.

[@briankemp5206]

Nice shiny truck! THanks for the ride alone!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Brian. Always is a pleasure to have you come visit with us my friend. Hope to see ya on the next one.

[@billsmith3195]

How do you aleays find something interesting to give us? Always something up your sleeve. Thanks Dave. My father-in-law was a carpenter on our South African Railways and so was my Dad. They both worked for Reef Construction, that was the civil side of our Railways. As a wee lad I used to visit my Dad on site and get to ride around with the site lorry driver. The lorry was an ex army Ford. Little did I know that some 17 years later I would be marrying my father's work mate's daughter after meeting her at The Langlaagte Railway Mission. He was later transferred to the Railway Signals Repair workshop where he prepared Ties or what we call sleepers or in Afrikaans, Dwarsleiers. Cutting notches and grooves on massive machines for fitting points machines etc.

[@ccrx6700]

Always something going on here Bill, wanted or mostly unwanted....LOL Awesome story thanks for sharing. Hope that things are looking up for you. Always is a pleasure to hear from you my friend.

[@richardbause2453]

Dave, I really like that truck and can tell in your voice "That you Want it"😏 ... Nothing like the new truck 🚚 smell 😀 . Being March, I see 👀 the coal and the timber were still there from that cold day. They cleanup was another video 📹. Thanks for mentioning me😀. I would of loved to have gone along. Stay safe and Have fun 👍. Richard Bause

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man and deserves a nice new truck to play with. We certainly appreciate your tuning in and checking out today's home movie my friend.

[@AP9575-jd]

OOOH! Nice truck. Western Star fresh right out of the box.

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man and deserves a nice new truck to play with. We certainly appreciate your tuning in and checking out today's home movie my friend.

[@pacificparts]

More Lucky please. What a legend. Thanks for taking us along Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks, Lucky is an awesome guy. He is a good man and always tries his best to please us when he comes. Guess we gonna have to start a Lucky fan club for him. Appreciate your stopping by and taking in the video today my friend.

[@beverlymichael5830]

You have way too much fun on your job. How great to have job you enjoy. Every video you bring something different. No two days the same. That’s the best job when it’s always a new project. Thanks for the video.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Beverly for the very nice comment. It's always a treat to have you visit with us.Very glad you are having a good time watching my friend.

[@garybrown6897]

You guys are having way too much fun. LOL. You know when you love your job you never work a day in your life. As always keepem on the rails.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Gary for the very nice comment. They say when you're having fun you don't age nearly as fast. Well tell that to my old bones and aching muscles....LOL Very much appreciate your stopping by and taking in tonight's home movie my friend.

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks Dave as always 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Certainly welcome, very glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@kennkrizsanitz7820]

so much more to railroading than just trains, you have the neatest toys

[@ccrx6700]

Yes sir Kenn, we keep the trains running, without us maintenance then the trains would soon not run. Gotta keep the nation's freight moving and the lights and heat on in the homes. Always is a pleasure to have you stop by and visit with me my good friend. Hope all is well your way.

[@kevinmoore342]

Another Awesome Video. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Kevin, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@AP9575-jd]

Oh yeah, I meant to tell you. I now work for a welding fabricator in Columbia (part time) and the fella that runs the water jet table lives along where the old Philadelphia & Columbia RR used to be. He found a piece of rail the other day that's really old. We're figuring 1850's vintage. He gave me a small piece, around 7". It's in remarkably good condition too. You'd appreciate it. Wish I could put up a picture here.

[@ccrx6700]

Oh wow, 1850! Keep that baby! I'm guessing that would be cast iron rail. Thanks for sharing that Anthony and for taking the time to watch the show my friend.

[@Jonathan-go8ug]

Nice. Thanks to Lucky for allowing us to ride along.

[@ccrx6700]

I will tell him. He is a good man and a very good operator. We like when Lucky shows up. Certainly appreciate your dropping by and checking out the show today my friend.

[@fireballxl-5748]

Great video Dave....and it was nice to meet "Lucky".

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Fireball. Lucky is a good man. He always tries his best to do a good job for us even if he is a WV fan....:-) Always a pleasure to have you visit with me my friend.

[@mikejohns3104]

What a beautiful place to make an outdoors living.

[@ccrx6700]

It is nice around here Mike. Thanks for your nice comment and for taking the time to check out the video today my friend.

[@Spoor2]

Great video!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you, very glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@TriGogglin]

The ride along with lucky was cool. Just the interaction of 2 great railroad guys shooting the breeze. The day to day is great Dave. Just a day at work..

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Pappy for the very nice comment. Lucky is a good man, he makes life much easier for me when he comes. I cannot say enough good things about him and he's a very good grapple truck operator. Before this he hauled MOW equipment including tampers. Big stuff. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us my good friend. PS: you beat Valerie here tonight....LOL

[@TriGogglin]

@@ccrx6700 ha, ha, it's a bout time I beat her. Lol 👍 😆

[@michaelpass2176]

Your new truck looks great.😂

[@ccrx6700]

It's actually Frontier's new truck Michael, not mine, wish it was mine. A guy can dream can't he.... :-) I sure could use that truck. Thanks for visiting with us today my friend.

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

Thanks, Dave. Riding through that rock cut was really terrific !! James.

[@ccrx6700]

That is a pretty neat ride and glad you liked it. The icicles hanging off those rocks are pretty cool and last a long time since there is little sun hits there in the winter.

[@lewistodd9242]

Really enjoyed watching Lucky do his job. I learned more about the track today. Have a great day my friend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Lewis, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. Lucky is a good man. He always tries his best to do a good job for us.

[@tomeasley5979]

Dave, thanks for the great video! Always a pleasure to ride along with you. Nice to see Lucky out with his new truck. It is a beauty.

[@ccrx6700]

Certainly welcome Tom, it was my pleasure. Lucky is a great guy, he always tries his best for us. We are always lucky to have Lucky...:-)

[@valeriebassett3107]

Every video is a new adventure! Life is exciting! Thanks for filming and all the rest of the work you do, to share this with your fans! Stay healthy, happy and safe!

[@ccrx6700]

Always an adventure on the Cumberland Mine RR. But it does make life interesting and makes for a lot of good videos....LOL. Cannot thank you enough Valerie for all your wonderful comments and support you have given us my friend. More great stuff to come just for you.

[@4everdc302]

I can smell the creosote from here Dave. Thanks for bringing us along 🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲👷🏗⚒️🚃🚃🙋

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Doug. Someone else suggested getting some air fresheners that smell like creosote, you and me would have one in every truck if they sold those! For anyone who is reading this, please check out Doug's awesome YT channel, it's superb, I never miss one of his videos: www.youtube.com/@user-oc4ng2pn7n

[@4everdc302]

@@ccrx6700 haha a whole line of man air freshers. creosote&cut carbon steel, Perkins diesel exhaust,100 low lead av gas& maple bacon&cherry hard wood. Sure they'll sell lol. Thank you Dave for the shout out🙏

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

Just found your channel . I love anything with TRAINS. Other channels just show trains. Your channel "Explains" things, which sets it apart from others. Now, for all the new viewers, like me. Could you give a brief intro about the company, what and where they operate? Thanks, love the channel!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and welcome to our community, we are glad to have you with us and hope you will continue to enjoy. 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 Lot's of cool RR videos on our home page if you would sometime care to check any of them out. kzbin.info

[@cedarcam]

The high rail ride with Lucky was great. I know you said before how well you get on with him and now see you both love your jobs. I see the timbers have small holes in, the same on ours. I was told they are made by spiked rollers that take them through the creosote and it helps it go deeper into the wood. Looking forward to seeing the bridge work and what problem you had to solve.

[@MsCriticalthinker201]

It's called incising

[@cedarcam]

@@MsCriticalthinker201 OK Thanks Sarah

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you enjoyed cedarcam. Lucky is a good man, he always tries his best to do a good job for us when he comes. Lucky me got to tour the tie plant this summer where we buy our ties from. The owner didn't want me to make video for YT, but wow what a cool video that would have been to see all the stages of how they make ties. Those small holes are punched into the ties by an incisor. It's a big round drum with spikes sticking out. Would make mince meat out of you and me if we went thru it. Anyway at some point next year I will have a video on the life of a tie, I do have a picture of that incisor that I will show in the video. And yes, you are exactly right, the ties are incised to allow the creosote to penetrate deeper into the wood.

[@cedarcam]

@@ccrx6700 I would of loved to of seen the tie plant, I remember you saying on another video you were not able to put it on youtube, at least we can see the incisor in the picture though. I bet it would be a one way trip if you were to get caught in it. A few videos ago you asked if I had any video of our S160 well I found someone has made a compilation video of her running, so here is a link for you. I will see if I can get more close detail of her when I go there again. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXvHfX6klsmmmpI

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

Lucky's a character.... always good to see the guys

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man. He is a good friend and always tries his best to make life easier for me when he comes in here. I cannot say enough good things about him. Thank you so much for stopping by tonight and taking in the video and for all you great support of the channel my friend.

[@davenitsch6094]

Cool video and info Dave, nice new grapple truck you have!

[@ccrx6700]

It is a nice truck too bad it's not mine, belongs to Frontier RR Services, sure wish I had it tho. could make some cool videos from up in the eagle's nest! Stay tuned, next 2 videos out will be of the deck replacement, they are pretty cool to watch,.

[@davesflix]

I enjoy your enthusiasm, Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the kind comment. Really appreciate your dropping in on us and watching the show today my friend.

[@waynegarrison2481]

Nice explanation Dave thanks love your videos.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Wayne, very glad you enjoyed. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out are on the deck replacement. We really appreciate your paying us a visit today and watching my friend.

[@johnsimms6778]

Rocking and Riding with Dave and Lucky.

[@ccrx6700]

We need to make a country western song about that John !!! Probably would make the top ten, but then I'd be a big country star and go on Grand Ole Oprey and wouldn't be able to make any more videos.... LOL Thanks so much my friend for visiting with us today.

[@johnsimms6778]

@@ccrx6700 You'll need a Gandy Dance to go with that song.

[@ccrx6700]

@@johnsimms6778 I can do that 👍😊

[@jasonbabila6006]

When the front hyrail valve squeals like that, there’s another valve next to the valve lever with a cap, remove the cap with a wrench and turn the valve counter clockwise a little at a time with an Allen wrench and that allows more hydraulic flow to eliminate the squeal, our trucks have the same DMF hyrail gear with locking pins and the newer trucks like my grapple have the air locking pins up front and rear.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Jason, I will tell Lucky that, he will be most appreciative. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us and write in my friend.

[@paulsmith5398]

WOW!, putting that new grapple truck on the rails was slicker than a penguin on a downhill sheet of ice! Theres no possible way i could hold a camera still while bouncing around in a Hi-Rail truck, nope, nada, nyet, nein, etc! 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤👍👍😀😀❗

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks for the nice comment Paul. We very much appreciate your taking the time to drop by and check out the presentation today my friend.

[@Eddy63]

Great vid Dave , we were lucky to meet Lucky ... Keep em coming ... Thx Ole Pal ...

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you. Lucky is a good man. He always tries his best to do a good job for us when he's here. Really appreciate your joining in with us and checking out the show my friend.

[@martir3499]

OMG I never knew how a truck with regular tires got on the rails. Thanks for show this.

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Marti. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a most blessed day my friend.

[@trailwayt9H337]

Engineer sir. Your videos are very different to different of experience to me by views of these events on your duty. I am waiting for your next videos

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Thomas, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@billmoran3812]

Learned something! Never knew about dapping ties. I knew there were differences between bridge ties and regular ties, but now I know!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Bill. Glad you enjoyed the show. Next 2 videos out will be of them replacing the deck, it's gonna be interesting cause we ran into major problems which I will show you. We certainly appreciate all your wonderful comments and support of the channel my friend.

[@PBRJOHN684]

I would love to have one of those vehicles over here Dave (would be very handy) over here though we call them Road Rail Vehicles or RRV's for short! Thanks for sharing this with us once again Dave and you have yourself a great day 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Would love to come over with one John. Hi rail highway to rail, same as road rail. Glad you could join in with us for the ride down track my friend.

[@PBRJOHN684]

@@ccrx6700 Always a pleasure to watch your videos Dave 👍

[@ccrx6700]

@@PBRJOHN684 😊👍

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Wow Dave, that grapple truck sure is pretty!

[@ccrx6700]

It sure is Eric. For those of you who may reading this, please check out Eric's really cool YT channel, he's got some pretty neat RR videos you may enjoy: www.youtube.com/@ericcoffedgp40

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@ccrx 6700 That's Railroadin! Thanks for the shout out Dave, I really appreciate it!

[@lawrietaber657]

Great ride Dave thanks for the vid very much appreciated stay safe.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Lawrie, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@johnsmart964]

Thank you for bringing us this fascinating video presentation. This oak timber for the bridge will last a long time so it will be good once this bridge is done. It was nice to meet Lucky, it is a great skill to operate these trucks. It is great to see the investment in the railroad.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome John. Glad you had a good time with us. Lucky is a great guy, he always tries his best to do a good job for us. Really appreciate your taking in today's home movie my friend.

[@ronhelman3985]

Pretty Cool video Dave, I'm glad you guy's got a new truck. Well deserved!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Ron glad you enjoyed. Not our truck tho, it belongs to Frontier RR Services, I couldn't be that lucky to get one for me.... :-) Always glad to have you join in with us for the home movie my friend.

[@williamralph5442]

Cool new toy Dave. Thanks

[@ccrx6700]

Truck belongs to Frontier RR Services one of our contractors William. Sure do wish they had bought it for me tho! Glad you enjoyed the show. We really appreciate your visiting with us tonight my friend.

[@aleu650]

Great content as always.👍👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you aleu, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend.

[@paulbergen9114]

All this new stuff being delivered near Christmas time wow. New truck and then all those Timbers really had you fired up. Enjoying the drive through the rock cuts with the. Forces of Mother Nature and ice and then it looks like an oopsie where the ballast ceases to exist and looks like a car dumped out its load. Looking forward to the bridge work replacement

[@ccrx6700]

This video was made last March Paul. However we did get 4 tractor trailer loads of new ties in here about a month ago. Car door opened up at the end of that rock cut last December, if you didn't see that video, here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2GYXqmPocpnpa8 Always appreciate when you pay us a visit my friend.

[@barneylinet6602]

Nice kit of 10 by 10 oak. I can't wait to see the work on the bridge!!! Thanks for posting Dave and stay safe out there.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Barney. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out are of the deck replacement, lot of adversity they faced doing that which I will show you. Really appreciate your paying us a visit tonight and taking in the show my friend.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Well as usual fun video Dave.... it's exciting you Lets us see everything

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Bradford. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out will be of them replacing the deck timbers, lot of adversity they had to deal with and will show you all that. Very much appreciate all your wonderful support of the channel my friend.

[@johndanaher6371]

Wow that rock face is awesome looking. I bet it does look cool covered in ice. Great video and conversation between 2 great friends.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you John. I will make a video of it this winter for you and also our 690 rock cut with the icicles it is higher and and longer, totally cool to see. Have always wanted to hang Christmas lights behind those icicles.... Lucky is a good friend, he is a good man and always tries his best to make life easier for me when he comes in. Appreciate your visiting with me tonight my friend. Your support of this channel is superb.

[@johndanaher6371]

@@ccrx6700 LOL, I bet you'd find a way to hang those lights too. Thanks for the entertaining videos sir.

[@craigslater2321]

West Virginia hat on the dashboard, YES !!!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man Craig and tries his best to do a good job for us every time he comes in, even if he is a WV fan.... :-) I'm just teasing bout the WV. Thanks so much for dropping by and taking in the show today my friendl

[@jimpokorny4598]

That new Grapple Truck is nice!! It's nice riding the rails (no traffic). Them 4 small track wheels must take a beating after a while, must get greased daily. Stay safe Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man Jim and deserves a nice new truck to play with. We certainly appreciate your tuning in and checking out today's home movie my friend. yep those drive wheels develop a band around them where they meet the rail head which causes extra wear.

[@s16100]

Another adventure on the Railroad. Thanks for bringing us along! :)

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome, very pleased to have you join in with us for today's home movie my friend.

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

Love me some railroad timbers... they are being used as the main beams in my house... local guys just pulled up a bunch of track, waitin for them to load the timbers in a scrap bin, then I'll buy them off of the local scrapyard

[@ccrx6700]

Dang Lawren, if you were here, we would give them to you. We give a good many timbers away to local farmers and the game commission. Put under a roof those used timbers would last forever. Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out the home movie my friend.

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

@@ccrx6700 The local guys are good to me... when they dump a mess, the salvAGE yard only charges a buck or two... lots easier if I can get permission BEFORE they load 'em up, that way I only have to drag them across the STREET LOL

[@ccrx6700]

@@lawrenwimberly7311 👍😊

[@tucobenedicto109]

The bridge timbers we got i was told came from Africa! Each timber has a dap fot your metal Real cool Dave! For our switch timber regular ties we take a 14,16 footer (cCut to length or about 10'6 and make a 3.25" dap about 20" long. A few slips and frogs have 25' timber with a dap for a US&S A-5 Pneumatic switch. Nice Truck!

[@ccrx6700]

I've heard African timbers and ties are so hard you cannot pull a spike back out of them. My goodness those timbers must have cost a fortune to buy, but will last forever. Thanks so much my friend for visiting with us and writing in today.

[@russelltrupia4479]

What a awesome video loaded with great info and Congrats on the new truck. Thanks Dave👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Russell, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. You'll like the next bridge video out, lot's of problems they encountered.

[@wilburroth5150]

Nice ride along Dave. Wish we all had jobs we enjoyed like you do. No matter how hard I try not to, I always learn something new watching your videos, lol. Be waiting for your next one!

[@ccrx6700]

Ah now Wilbur, why you trying so hard not to learn from me.... LOL You know we really enjoy having you with us. Thanks so much for all your great support my friend.

[@garymessina1609]

Great explanation of ties for a bridge great video thanks Dave for a great video nice new hi rail grapple truck like I said great video Dave thanks

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Gary, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out will be of the deck replacement.

[@capttom7772]

DAVE ! As I was thinkin up questions ... You were answering them ! EXCELLENT video. Looks like "Lucky" got lucky for Christmas ! BTW, GREAT IDEA on those end caps on the NEW TIES !

[@ccrx6700]

Very glad you enjoyed the home movie Captain Tom. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. Lucky is a good man, he always tries his best to please us when he comes in.

[@45Deere9500]

Telling Lucky “We’re going to make you a big star,” all he has to do is “act naturally.”

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man. He always tries his best to do a good job for us. Life is a bit hard for him right now, his wife is not in good health and he has to be on the road away from home far too much. At least when he comes here he can go home at night instead of spending all week at a hotel. Thanks so much for dropping by and taking in the show today my friend.

[@mikedee8876]

...couple of geezers still playin with trains............I am jealous

[@ccrx6700]

Geezer? I'm only 68 years of age, I though the official definition of a geezer was past the age of 70..... LOL Thank you so much Mike for paying us a visit today and taking in the show my friend. PS: this old geezer can still hand spike with the best of them, just can't do it for much of an extended time tho. And you will see that in a much future video.

[@mikedee8876]

@@ccrx6700 consider it a compliment Dave....a welcome to the club...thanks for the video

[@ccrx6700]

@@mikedee8876 👍😊

[@rickcooper6817]

Thanks Dave!! You and Lucky make a good team and I wouldn't mind at all to ride along on that trip down the rail. I bet that truck will settle in once the springs relax some. Good video, thanks again!!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Rick. Lucky and I get along very well, he is a good man and always tries his best to please us when he comes. He makes life much easier for me when he's here. Always enjoy hearing from you my friend.

[@michaelpass2176]

Good night Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Sleep well my friend. See you tomorrow for another new show.

[@PlanetMojo]

Thanks for the informative video Dave! Very interesting about the dapping, and it all make perfect sense! That was a huge amount of oak, I was wondering about the cost as well. We priced timbers for a timber frame and the cost wasn't too bad, but we are in the middle of a heavily oak timbered area. I really like the look of that cut you went through - very cool! 😊

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you. Next video I will show you more of the dap in greater detail. Lot's of problems they had on the deck replacement. I'm not sure what oak bridge timbers cost. The regular ties are $80,, so guessing timbers gonna be quadruple that. Ties come from WV and there are tons of mountains full of oak there. Appreciate your dropping by and watching my friend.

[@PlanetMojo]

@@ccrx6700 😊👍

[@espeescotty]

Another neat informative video, Dave. You got some nice truck action too. That brand new Western Star grapple truck sure is pretty and is a nice handy tool for workin' on the railroad. Thanks again for sharing and being able to show some of other great guys you work with. 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Those grapple trucks pay for themselves in a fairly short time, they can do a ton of work in one day. Sure wish we had our own here. Thanks so much my friend for stopping by and taking in the show.

[@espeescotty]

@@ccrx6700 Always my pleasure. 😊

[@sparty94]

thanks for all the work you put into this dave, i feel like i'm right there with you.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you sparty94, very glad you enjoyed. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out are on the deck replacement. We really appreciate your paying us a visit today and watching my friend.

[@raymondsprengelmeyer1278]

I am looking forward to the bridge work! Thank you for the ride in the new truck, you always have good things to share!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Raymond, very glad you enjoyed the show. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. next 2 videos out will be of the deck replacement.

[@tzadik36]

Thanks for the video! Some tasks still have very basic moves!

[@ccrx6700]

Your very welcome Robin. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us. We really appreciate all your wonderful support of the channel and excellent comments my friend.

[@brianhickey5949]

A great day at the railroad! Nice to meet Lucky :) I hope his wife gets better - hard to enjoy the workday if you're worried about your wife's health (been there). With great folks around you, work is something to enjoy and that's a great thing!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Brian, I will tell him of your regards and well wishes. It's nice when Lucky works here cause he can go home at night. Most places he has to stay in hotels all week cause they so far away. Lucky is a good man. Appreciate your visiting with us today my friend.

[@ejharrop1416]

My goodness what a big job ahead. Was that a coal spill you went over just before the bridge? My goodness it looked to be a mess. Thank you for sharing, nice to meet Mr Lucky, stay safe and Happy Rails to you!

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it was EJ. Here's a link to watch that video, it was a mess. Lucky is a really great guy, he always tries to do his best for us when he comes in. Thanks for watching my friend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2GYXqmPocpnpa8

[@ejharrop1416]

Thank you and it was a mess, bitter cold day too. Lucky no derailment for sure. Take care

[@la023711]

Hey Dave! Good to see your railroad investing in equipment and infrastructure…that’s a good sign! I watched, with great interest, your recent hot bearing burn off video. I sold and serviced HBD equipment with General Electric. My customer was BNSF and it was “full emergency mode” when there was a derailment caused by a burned off journal. Damages can get to hundreds of millions if it happens in a bad place. Their detector spacing averaged about 22 miles, but knowing you won’t catch a roller that comes apart catastrophically between detectors. BNSF has deployed acoustic detectors (in an effort to catch impending failures before they go catastrophic) in recent years, but I’m not sure how they are panning out … (been retired 5 years). You video showing the melted components, especially the roller bearing and the cage, was compelling and eye-opening! Hope your detector(s) are in good order…they take time to care for, but they pay for themselves. Have a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New 2023 Year!

[@ccrx6700]

KC! Always great to hear from you my old friend. Been wondering how you have been. Yes sir a bearing can go bad in a short period of time between detectors. We only have one at MP 8, so when you think about it, train passes then goes 8 miles to load or dump, then another 8 miles to get back to the detector so we are really 16 miles apart. Is the acoustic detector like a wheel impact load detector? I wish we had one of those also. Tech from progress Rail was in here about a month ago and recalibrated the whole thing for us. Thanks so much for watching and writing in.

[@bobparsons77]

Great Dave..feel part of the action!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Bob, really glad you liked it. Always is a pleasure to hear from you and have you join us my friend.

[@bobmeginnes324]

Terrific video. All the conversation was enjoyable while high railing along. I learn something with every video.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much Bob for the nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to tune in and check out the show today my friend.

[@Alcorob]

As always an awesome view of real Railroading, Thanks!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the very kind comment. We really appreciate your taking the time to tune in and watch tonight my friend.

[@darnoldie]

Thanks for taking us along on nice ride Dave. Always an interesting video from you.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you darnoldie, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out are on the deck replacement.

[@shirleyharrington-moore9657]

I am looking forward to seeing how you use the different lengths of timbers. Paying $300+ for 24 ft oak timbers for the new shed. Interesting. Thank you for sharing, Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Watch the video on replacing bridge deck timbers to see that Shirley. Thanks so much for checking out the show my friend.

[@kg4muc]

Looks like you’re gonna have some serous building ahead. Nice hi rail crane truck too! Work safe

[@ccrx6700]

Stay tuned my friend, next 2 videos out will show the bridge deck replacement. It was HOT out and those guys up on the deck did a marvelous job despite a tremendous amount of adversity they had to deal with as I will show you in those videos. Thank you so very much for dropping by tonight and watching.

[@rustyc521]

That was an awesome video! Please keep them coming Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rusty, very glad you enjoyed. Stay tuned, next 2 videos out are on the deck replacement. We really appreciate your paying us a visit today and watching my friend.

[@curtisharlan9230]

Cool Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed today's home movie Curtis. We certainly do appreciate your checking out today's home movie my friend.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Dave, I love your videos but the new intro gets in the way more than it helps. It's probably best used on your channel's home screen as a video of its own than at the front of your videos. Leaving it out is also less editing work. Keep making videos! I look forward to them.

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks for your thoughts. That intro came into the scene this past early summer. Since then I've gotten a lot of comments on it. Mostly are that folks like it. A few others have said same as you. So having 40,000 subs it is impossible to please every person every time. What you will see in the future is some videos with the full intro, some with just a smaller part of it and some with none at all. Appreciate your dropping by and watching the video today my friend.

[@Arkay315]

It's nice to see good machines put to work.

[@ccrx6700]

Yes is is arkay. Thanks so much for paying us a visit and checking out today's home movie my friend. Hope to see ya on the next one.

[@kurtzbradley]

David, I have to say that grapple is one fine looking piece. Forgot to mention about a month ago in Fort Wayne Indiana was stopped by a work gang and because of you I knew exactly what that tamper was up to. I got a chuckle and said “that’s railroading”!!! Hope you have a blessed Christmas and New Year!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you could enjoy the tamping action in person and had a good idea what they were doing. That;s pretty cool, thanks for sharing that with me. That is one big reason why I started this channel to help communicate to folks what railroading on the ground is like and what all it takes to keep trains running. Always is a pleasure to have you visit with us my friend.

[@kurtzbradley]

@@ccrx6700 Thanks and have a great day on the rails!

[@artillerest43rdva7]

those ties are huge! I just can not imagine how they did it all by hand! railroading in the past was so labor intensive, now everything is hydrochloric or pneumatic driven lifts, grabbers, and drivers. the cost are leveraged, like at work we buy tons of pallets, all different types. a 49x49-inch double { both upper and lower layer } $2.95 each! you can not buy the wood for that much! all hard woods. I believe most ties are white oak due to their weather resistance and strength, and they are very dense too! it is so neat how the drop wheels go under the truck on to the rails. I was wondering does the rubber tires drive the vehicle when it is on the rails? if so do you get an odd ware on the rubber tires? great video, you always learn so much take care, be safe and have a great day.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Barry, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. Yes sir the rubber tires drive the vehicle while it's on rail. And yes over time there is a band that develops on the tire rubber that is the width of the rail head, it's kinda like a flat spot around the circumference of the tire.

[@DrJonez]

Lucky is hilarious! 😂

[@ccrx6700]

He's a pretty good dude WheezerOf Juice. You would like him, everyone likes Lucky. He's a very good operator also. I would tell him your compliment but he's got a swelled head already....LOL

[@Paw95]

Big money right there!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Yes sir, you know the price of raw lumber and these bridge timbers are all oak. For those of you who may be reading this, please check out Preston's You Tube channel, he's got some pretty cool videos over there you may enjoy including some RR stuff. I never miss one of his videos. He is a very hard worker and a good man. www.youtube.com/@Paw95

[@GeorgeJansen]

love the new intro sir...

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed it George. Really appreciate your dropping by to check out today's home movie my friend.

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice video Dave - Oak ties, now I know where Nuts319 logger from just North of you goes and turned into. Good mill work for the bridge schedule for the final placement from the blueprints of the bridge, amazed at the engineers and their math that goes into designing structures. Lucky sure has a nice new Western Star to play with and your getting all ready to make the switch of the deck. Cheers and stay safe my friend.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed today's home movie. We certainly do appreciate your joining in with us and checking things out my friend. Lucky is a good man and good operator and deserves a nice new truck. Bully for him.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

That was a great adventure Dave, liking the new grapple truck! (Dave).

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Dave, always is a pleasure to have you join in with us. Hope you will enjoy the next 2 videos where we replace the deck, lot's of adversity they face doing that.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@ccrx6700 You are welcome Dave!

[@jason27swg]

That's awesome

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Jason. Always is a pleasure to have you join in with and watch my good friend.

[@terencechevalier5756]

Very nice,n shiny. Better then the freightliner junk we got at cn lol

[@rearspeaker6364]

western star and freightliner are owned by the same company--Mercades Benz.

[@terencechevalier5756]

@@rearspeaker6364 ahhh. Its prolly just the guys we got that run them is all 😆 🤣

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it is Terence. Nice truck. Thanks so much my friend for stopping by and taking in the video.

[@nephilly87]

That’s a really nice grapple truck we run a robotec too really strong booms

[@ccrx6700]

Lucky is a good man and deserves a nice new truck. All the grapples used to be made by Prentiss, now they are Rotobeck. They both did the job. Very much appreciate your taking the time to tune in and check out the show my friend.

[@nephilly87]

@@ccrx6700 thanks Dave love the videos buddy

[@rearspeaker6364]

Christmas comes early at dave's work!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks so much rearspeaker for visiting with us and taking in the show my friend. Dave tried to be a good boy this year.....

[@MsCriticalthinker201]

Does your new truck have a provision to move the truck from the operators seat when it's up on Hi rail? Cool to travel down the tracks perched up there. We call the grapple trucks 'Prentice Loaders', after one of the major manufacturers of grapples and boom equipment. Great machine to spot change out ties on the ROW. I've been to ATS down in Sutton, WV. They machine, creosote treat, and also do pre-plating on timber that comes in already cut to basic dimension from sawmills in their area. I was there to confirm that the pre-plating of ties they were doing for the renewal of the Red Line tracks on the Longfellow bridge over the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge MA would accept the special anti-vibration tie plates we got from Pandrol at the proper gauge.

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it does have tram capabilities from the eagle's nest. That is nice. All the old trucks had the Prentiss loaders on them, now all the trucks have Rotobecks. We always called the grapple trucks Prentiss Loaders. One of my old buddies was hard of hearing and he called them Printers.... :-) I had the chance to tour ATS this summer, it was awesome. Did you meet Rick? he is part owner and manager and he gave us a personal tour of the place. Too bad, I asked him if I could video the place for YT and he didn't like that idea, but what a cool video that would have been. We saw them plating the timbers. What an interesting place to visit, I've wanted to tour there for the past 15 years and finally got my chance. Rick is a wonderful person. Their boiler was down that day so I didn't get to see them creosoting, but did tour where they have the tubes.

[@johnmayer158]

Dave, Thank you for these videos! Great to watch and be able to learn something. If you are able, see if you could find out how much each tie weighs...approximately. just curious. Thank you, sir! Have a great and safe holiday season for you and you family, and everyone on the R.R.! John & Michele in Southern Michigan.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you John, very glad you enjoyed the home movie today. We really appreciate your visiting with us and watching my friend. A regular cross tie that is oak weighs close to 200, So depending on the length of the bridge timbers, I'm guessing around 500 and up for the longer timbers.

[@garykuipers2696]

I guess your grapple truck is still in the shop waiting for parts. Wouldn't it behoove Cumberland to lease a new truck with a service contract? Dapping is an interesting procedure. On one of the short lines I worked for old Nick dapped bridge timbers by hand, what a slow and tedious process. After the timbers were prepared they were loaded onto a flat car and we took them down to the bridge site. No grapple truck, a small excavator loaded on a flat car to load and unload.

[@ccrx6700]

Yep truck is still in shop, waiting on parts... no surprise there. Hand dapping not a fun thing to do, but watch next video out where they did have to hand dap the center span timbers. And it was 90 degrees out that week. Those guys were not happy about having to use an adze in that heat. But they did it.

[@garykuipers2696]

@@ccrx6700 Dave,I look forward to all of your videos.

[@ccrx6700]

@@garykuipers2696 😊👍

[@BryanRopar]

That truck came down from the NS SWP junction in Radebaugh Pa I also usually see him on the industrial siding in Trafford loading and unloading equipment from truck to train or visa versa. I also filed some covered hoppers being loaded and unloaded in New Stanton a couple weeks ago.

[@ccrx6700]

It could have been this truck Bryan. Frontier RR Services has 4 other trucks just like this one, could have been one of those, who knows. Frontier is located in New Stanton. Thanks so much for watching and writing in my friend.

[@axcs0119]

Just a suggestion as I watched the other bridge 8 video first, when the ties show up maybe check to make sure that you got what you ordered. Remember that if there is a chance to mess up an order the earlier you catch it the easier the fix.

[@ccrx6700]

Your right, had I be given the dapping schedule and could have laid the timbers out, I certainly could have done that. Thanks for the suggestion and for taking the time to watch today my good man.

[@wayneakins7850]

Alright New stuff

[@ccrx6700]

Yep, spending some money Wayne. Too bad the truck belongs to Frontier RR Services and not me tho. Certainly appreciate your joining in with us and checking out the show my friend.

[@mikejackman4416]

Great video Dave nice truck,,,,I’m thinking your squealing on your hirail is your pressure relief vale may be set to low…keep an eye on the lower pivot on the hirail mount under the spring,,,they are not grease able I just had a year old truck snap the threaded rod off

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Mike for the great comment. You are right, Lucky also said the pressure relief valve isn't set right. For those of you who may be reading this, check out Mike's really cool YT channel, he's got some pretty neat RR videos you won't get to see anywhere else. Mike is a good man and a railroader, I never miss one of his videos: www.youtube.com/@mikejackman4416

[@mikejackman4416]

@@ccrx6700 Dave thank you for the kind words

[@moelSiabod14334]

Good to see someone still using feet and inches Dave, can't be doing with all this milly metric stuff, least if someone says they need 40 ft you know what your dealing with.

[@ccrx6700]

You are right about that Moel, I don't even know how to use metric or how to convert metric to feet and inches. Very grateful my friend for your taking the time to visit with us and check out the video.