Germany: special locotype, constructed to run on temporary tracks and for fluel saving. Also in use for building tunels and undergrounds. Narrow gauge, 900 mm)
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@streetsafari03 жыл бұрын
It’s like off roading with a small train.
3 жыл бұрын
just like actual off roading its not fun
@silviaholscher41178 жыл бұрын
The Intercity highspeed train between Hamburg and Berlin.German ingeneering at it's finest.
@BlackMeowgic8 жыл бұрын
fast. "engineering"
@julitabak94348 жыл бұрын
@p
@brianlee69307 жыл бұрын
silvia hölscher You're on a fucking bog, speed with that payload is not your friend.
@doktorbimmer6 жыл бұрын
*Socialism is a failure...*
@steffenrosmus18643 жыл бұрын
@@doktorbimmer what the hell did that have to do with socialism? This Peat RR ist in north Western Germany
@jdsb-37073 жыл бұрын
Germany’s most dangerous job. I lived there 3 years. I loved it all.
@andrewwagner68513 жыл бұрын
Germany has historically had pretty dangerous jobs.
@Lillstisse6612 жыл бұрын
"Most dangerous" what is the worst thing that can happen if that thing falls off the rails at 4-7 kph? They stop and go get some tools to rerail it.
@bigdarbs193 жыл бұрын
This is what the new UK high speed line will look like when the funding gets cut.
@kevins11149 жыл бұрын
It's difficult to imagine something so sub-standard actually being in use in Germany.
@thetravinator9349 жыл бұрын
Kevin S It's also a temporary track. They rip it up and lay it down elsewhere when they need to. Economical, cheap, and it's good enough for what it's used for.
@michaelbannan3359 жыл бұрын
Kevin S Look up "World's worst railroad track" It's in Indiana and it's horrid. Fortunately it isn't heavily used.
@kevins11149 жыл бұрын
Michael Bannan I may have seen that one, but I'll look it up anyway. Thanks for the tip.
@megawebster910 жыл бұрын
"that's the power of German engineering."
@xIkkito9 жыл бұрын
halt dein dummes Maul
@hennef539 жыл бұрын
That's right !
@fireflyfireworks6689 жыл бұрын
***** Wo liegt dein Problem? Lass die Ammis ihre Witze doch machen! Where's your prob? Let the Americans just do their jokes!
@rubenmartinez73825 жыл бұрын
Tfbfg
@jimharris93945 жыл бұрын
"....the power of German Engineering" is that it doesn't fall off the tracks!
@1500chessie9 жыл бұрын
I live near that place.One has to understand the soil in North Germany,especially the moore.There is no dense surface and it´s more like a sponge.This is the best way to do it.All other shitty tracks on railroads are on solid soil and a lack of maintanance.
@dnebdal10 жыл бұрын
That is the cutest little locomotive I've seen used for anything productive. :)
@leokimvideo4 жыл бұрын
apply lots of flange grease and pray
@Jan4apes3 жыл бұрын
Aye leokimvideo is here
@w_avor3 жыл бұрын
lol
@ank55o73 жыл бұрын
Didn’t expect you here
@grooviestglobe49073 жыл бұрын
Stop making spider videos I used to love your channel
@menofwar-os1wi3 жыл бұрын
flange greece? i work at a narrowguage museum with sometimes similar looking tracks, never greased any flanges, just go for it, if you derail, you derail
@Sohave10 жыл бұрын
Gosh some people have no idea of the soft soil conditions at peat digs and think this is some sort of German high speed rail line. This is actually a marvellous achievement as tractors would risk getting stuck in the peetland.
@hennef5310 жыл бұрын
Tractors are to expensive for this old mining. Perhaps this service has come to and end, while writing this answer...... Every "train" shakes the ground like a earthquake-) We have to fix the tripodes with both hands.
@Sohave10 жыл бұрын
How can a tractor be more expensive than an industrial locomotive? On Alibaba they cost about the same for a brand new one. the tractor would also have to drive more to transport the same load and would have more friction.
@MoeJae8610 жыл бұрын
I always wondered if there existed a smaller more simplified freight train that actually carried a payload and had a cab to ride in. It's like a freight version of a tram. I think it would be a ideal project for a train lover to build if you had spare cash and few acres of land. I'm glad I found this clip pretty awesome!
@hennef5310 жыл бұрын
The biggest Problem: you must build a track only for this Train. Some People in Germany are using such little trains for her private fun. Some of them are operating own steam-locos.
@leifgiering8 жыл бұрын
It's sad that most here don't read the description. The locomotive was DESIGNED to run on these 'temporary tracks'.
@theghostofthomasjenkins96433 жыл бұрын
doesn't mean they couldn't have laid them straight.
@cr-yi7ep3 жыл бұрын
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 It's laid on peat. No matter how straight they laid them, they wouldn't be after a couple of days. And trucks would just bog down instantly.
@theghostofthomasjenkins96433 жыл бұрын
@@cr-yi7ep no, it's actually quite easy to keep them straight. use longer rails and offset the joints. that gives it less ability to shift from side to side like it is there.
@cr-yi7ep3 жыл бұрын
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 Not on that surface. Longer rails would be heavier and harder to shift when necessary. Offsetting the joints would make it harder to lift 'panels' (consisting of one rail length complete with sleepers) when installing or moving the track. The only way to make the rails stay straight would be to build a trackbed with huge quantities of clean fill and ballast - which would defeat the whole point of a quickly and cheaply laid track on the peat.
@theghostofthomasjenkins96433 жыл бұрын
@@cr-yi7ep longer rails would distribute the weight much better, so it wouldn't shift as much to begin with. there are much better ways to do it even with the limitations they have. i don't know why you think this is the only way it could be done.
@ttaass19769 жыл бұрын
I would imagine that the tracks can be easily moved to allow flexibility. Using this small train is smarter than using trucks that would use much more fuel and cause more damage to the ground.
@hennef539 жыл бұрын
This is correct. But it is expensive to build und to lift up the track.Railways into the moore are only in use there a old licence is still valid.
@szabosebestyen50759 жыл бұрын
Vonat
@pearlyhumbucker90658 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Scanlon You´re right. You wont get anywhere there with a truck. ;) Load distribution is clearly in favour of the little peat trains and their tracks.
@brianlee69307 жыл бұрын
Thomas Scanlon It's a bog, any large wheeled vehicle will sink at a drop of a hat. Narrow gauge rail is the only way to extract peat. Those zigzag rails you see are due to the fact that they are placed on a live and still wet bog. It's a partially dried swamp hence the reason why the rails move. Every loco that they run is under 2 tons anything more that that and it will sink.
@supportervandeeuropeseunie16256 жыл бұрын
Pearly Humbucker Well, I'm not sure of that. Ever heard of the dump truck? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_truck
@tempjohn111110 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how resilient rails/railed vehicles are ...
@kentonge57549 жыл бұрын
Well of course it's bumpy and higgledy-piggledy - it's laid on PEAT. Not the most stable, solid, firm foundation. And it's temporary - you can unbolt it and move it somewhere else. It works; What more do you want?
@ziauddinsarwar56095 жыл бұрын
Risk of derailing is high and bearings is likely to break
@SvendleBerries3 жыл бұрын
@@yeo5811 Youd think they could design something that doesnt look like it will fall apart at any moment. It looks like something from a third world country, not Germany. Hell, it would be cheaper and more efficient to just use cattle to pull the carts.
@alexls19233 жыл бұрын
This track looks like someone tried to draw it in MS Paint but who am I to judge? Germany also has one of the most complex and efficient automobile factories I’ve ever seen and I’m sure that the ones here in the US couldn’t compete with it. A country can’t be the best at everything.
@rileycoyote49243 жыл бұрын
A speed faster than walking would be nice.
@olegkuvshinov55993 жыл бұрын
As Russians say, nothing is more permanent than the temporary.... 😟
@OldLordSpeedy8 жыл бұрын
I thinks some people here do not understand this line and why they have that. Since over 1000 years people to cut peat out from the moor. Since they starts with railways they use them in the moor too. This line put out the peat over 5 till 10 km to the normal gauge line and truck station. Inside the moor is it so weak that normal trucks, if they stay longer at one place, go inside them forever. So only the railway can handle this weight, special the cutted peat is wet and very heavy!
@dozer16428 жыл бұрын
You were correct. Some people do not understand this. And they still don't.
@OldLordSpeedy8 жыл бұрын
+_YoungSeattleRailfan _ Yeah, cutted peat die so fast and with the fast of 5 till 20 km/h every light locomotive derail?!
@andrzejj40195 жыл бұрын
Do you even readed the description? This train is DESIGNED to go on this type of tracks.
@oscarbertola22593 жыл бұрын
The apparent poor condition of the tracks is exaggerated by filming from a long distance with the use of zoom. That gives another strange effect: It seems that the train is moving very slowly. However, they are temporary laying routes, which can be placed and moved for entire sections with ease, according to the needs of loading in different places. Those laying without compacting the ground produce, over time, the twisting of the rails. This type of laying is common in quarries and mineral deposits. But, it is true that it is very funny. That seems from a very poor and backward country, which is not the case in Germany. In Argentina we have some trains like this
@cr-yi7ep3 жыл бұрын
It looks like the most economic solution. It would cost far more to construct temporary roads for dump trucks. And the rail tracks can be moved and re-used indefinitely.
@ChadDidNothingWrong3 жыл бұрын
@@cr-yi7ep That depends on the soil, climate, and surrounding infrastructure....it's possible that this is no longer efficient if the state of nearby road networks has changed, but remains as a result of the economic barriers of changing machinery. (Although you'd probably need removable tracks on any truck that went in there, regardless, so maybe this still is the best way.) My point is just that you can't ever be certain without the greater context.
@cr-yi7ep3 жыл бұрын
@@ChadDidNothingWrong For a bit of context go here (if the link works): www.google.com/maps/@53.042111,7.6458511,7666m/data=!3m1!1e3 As you can see, it's a huge peat bog 4km across. If you zoom right in you can see the rail tracks. No roads across it, there's no reason to go there except to extract peat. I think the rail tracks only lead to the edge of the bog - there's some sort of depot at the south end on route 401 where the peat is processed in some way and loaded onto road trucks. www.google.com/maps/@53.0170578,7.6305004,479m/data=!3m1!1e3
@HarryBalzak3 жыл бұрын
"That gives another strange effect: It seems that the train is moving very slowly." 1:40 That guy got out, took a good long gander, then took a couple of steps to catch up and get back in. You are right. The train does seem to be moving very slow.
@camaro898863 жыл бұрын
I agree but there are temporary railtracks more efficient : Decauville railroad aka "portable". It was used at first in fields then on building sites and during WW1.
@petemcintire43393 жыл бұрын
Good to see the Detroit kids being bused to school again.
@Cutstalk3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@yetanotheruser19894 жыл бұрын
Man, the sound of it cracking and clanking over the rails is oddly satisfying
@MagictrainsOrg11 жыл бұрын
This is absolut awesome!
@hanifisyaa92463 жыл бұрын
Im first?
@Coasterfan16143 жыл бұрын
@@hanifisyaa9246 huh
@GraceandWisdom3 жыл бұрын
For the first time ever..."The Little Engine That Could," in real life!! "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!"
@AaronShenghao3 жыл бұрын
This was in Germany? I guess who ever laid the track was shot afterwards.
@MrEstebanSzucs3 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha best comment
@equaals75523 жыл бұрын
"Under nazi regultion you will be shot for, what the hell?"
@maxkonig5593 жыл бұрын
I thought this was in former East Germany but it's not. lol Wow
@martinum43 жыл бұрын
It's fine and supposed to be that way, lol. The ground is not precompacted and the tracks moved quite often, so there is no need for accuracy.
@BC_Geoff3 жыл бұрын
It was probably fine when it was laid. This is from use and low maintenance
@thedreamliner201211 жыл бұрын
lol This is actually quite amazing! I love how he hops off to check his cars. The trick I noticed was that the wheels actually form the track into shape as it makes contact. Those rails are very flexible. It's the only way that this will work.
@superchevys108 жыл бұрын
its like off-roading for trains.
@RRBuilder6118 жыл бұрын
+Xbob gottX thats funny
@selvamv46808 жыл бұрын
hahaha lol
@gunner-pm7jh8 жыл бұрын
:D
@zagi988zap12 жыл бұрын
every few seconds he is like: am I still on tracks??
@plutoniumpie3 жыл бұрын
The navvies who laid this track were fed only beer and gin.
@lordbelvoir25433 жыл бұрын
And magic mushrooms 🤪
@knockhello26043 жыл бұрын
xd
@knockhello26043 жыл бұрын
idk how to lay track
@adamabele7853 жыл бұрын
The tracks are just laid on top of the ground, the ground is sand and peat and swamp, so they move when the train comes. These tracks are only temporarily and get dismantled after the work has been done and then the track gets laid elsewhere.
@knockhello26043 жыл бұрын
@@adamabele785 u Nigerian?
@caseyjonessnr12005 жыл бұрын
A great video showing locomotives at work in their home environment. The locomotives and wagons handle the temporary track perfectly.
@caseyjonessnr12004 жыл бұрын
Great video. Typical lightly laid track suitable for moorland use, the locomotives and wagons are ideal for this environment.
@tombarclay71083 жыл бұрын
Looks like some of Amtrak's main lines here in the northeast.
@ankitshetty36423 жыл бұрын
This happens when the contract of laying rail changes every other day
@ddandrews64722 жыл бұрын
I've seen permanent freight train tracks that look like this or even worse in regional northern states(New York I think). So, I can't complain about these small temporary freight tracks looking like this. :)
@carmium12 жыл бұрын
Vancouver has one of the world's biggest raised peat bogs, and on Google Earth you can still see the scars of the railway used in the harvesting operation for many years. Totally shabby when I saw it years ago, it used old Plymouth narrow gauge diesels - or what was left of them - and tall cars with sides that swung open when they were run out on a raised track at the plant site. Now the bog is considered too valuable to the environment to dig up!
@Marchautowerks3 жыл бұрын
I would think a tractor with wagons would a lot more efficient?
@turbine19743 жыл бұрын
No, they would sink in the moor.
@Bassotronics9 жыл бұрын
How does it not derail?? The holy grail of messed up track!
@mikeytrains16 жыл бұрын
Bassotronics The Napoleon, Defiance, and Western is worse.
@paullangford81795 жыл бұрын
Wheel profile, and slow running.
@grandstandgirl5 жыл бұрын
I AGREE
@patsematary3 жыл бұрын
The speed measurable in steps per hour
@MichaelClark-uw7ex3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those portable railbeds. Like they have at some strip mines, as the working face moves, the railbed gets moved with it by dragging it sideways with tractors or dozers. That's how it gets so abused that even the fish plates are bent.
@DM-ry3ms10 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, Wolfgang. Amazed that the train is able to stay on the tracks.
@xamhund10 жыл бұрын
Glück Auf, erinnert mich an Untertage
@user-tr3yc4ht5w10 жыл бұрын
Машинисту аплодисменты :)
@anb740810 ай бұрын
I can just hear Cousin Eddie looking at this and saying: “it’s a quality item!” 😂
@ethanlamoureux53065 жыл бұрын
Wow. I’ve seen a lot of stupid comments on KZbin, but the comments here beat them all. This obviously is a temporary track run over a bog, where there is very little structure in the ground to support weight. Any normal vehicle would likely sink and disappear, but the train just keeps doing its job, slowly but surely. This is a great way to run these heavy loads over the moor.
@hennef5311 жыл бұрын
Don´t worry, have a look for old logging trains with climax/shay egines. US-logging-railroads did the same job with heavy steamlocomotives!
@Ddd-ei3bo9 жыл бұрын
Hauptsache die Ladung kommt an . :-)
@marcnissen50833 жыл бұрын
I’m baffled what keeps that poor bastard from derailing
@Tatra_T4R Жыл бұрын
i think every train love watched this as a kid
@airborneace11 жыл бұрын
That's obviously just temporary track, akin to what the old logging railroads in the US used
@Tonatsi3 жыл бұрын
It says so in the description!
@larrylitmanen98779 жыл бұрын
Germany, i thought this is Africa.
@hennef539 жыл бұрын
Producing more and more CO², im sure the missing elephants would come back soon...
@MaxPivovarov9 жыл бұрын
а я думал это Россия...
@larrylitmanen98779 жыл бұрын
lTaxoml lol
@cyn31769 жыл бұрын
v sesee
@vector69779 жыл бұрын
+Larry Litmanen There are kids in Africa that could eat the rails straight.
@hennef5312 жыл бұрын
Richtig !!! einer der wenigen die Ahnung haben und sich nicht nur über buckelige Gleise amüsieren. Besten Dank und Grüße.
@timcole37193 жыл бұрын
Survey team called in sick and the boss said Proceed!
@LarS19638 жыл бұрын
While the video is interesting, the comments section is sadder even than usual for a KZbin video.
@eduardoenriquez70253 жыл бұрын
This is what the American high speed trains look like compared to what Europe has
@sharannadeeproyroy62113 жыл бұрын
that's so humiliating
@williamjohnston9823 жыл бұрын
Did this job and many others associated with this industry for about twelve years near Penicuik in Scotland, great days but long days in the summer months.
@raztaz82610 жыл бұрын
Driver leaves it going by itself while he checks its all on the track or something :D Neat little train, I'd like to have a go.
@AshleyLeaney10 жыл бұрын
Vorsprung durch technik!
@robertcampbelljr.31953 жыл бұрын
Who does their track maintenance? Maumee and Western?
@BertrandAckermann9 жыл бұрын
Mire is one of the last environments in which field railways are in use today. The simple and obvious reason is: on top of the soft ground tracks are buit and allow a fast transport of goods over long distances at low cost.
@thenexusmedia293 жыл бұрын
Camera person did a great job.
@AStalinKoba11 жыл бұрын
Зато со светом ))))))
@duxberry19589 жыл бұрын
Does the track move with the train
@duxberry19589 жыл бұрын
lol
@tryithere8 жыл бұрын
+Mark Duxberry Hell, the track moves with the wind.
@alastairpreston32376 жыл бұрын
It's clear from the video that the track does move with the train - even the adjacent track moves as the train passes by, because the ground is moving as well.
@arbjful3 жыл бұрын
Wow....amazing...as an engineer I am always impressed by these marvels of creation..
@GretchenDawntreader10 жыл бұрын
that's just crazy. Hard to see how it even stays on the tracks.
@charvista10 жыл бұрын
German technology! No derailment !!! ;)
@user-dh3fh7ce4e9 жыл бұрын
У кого то было 2 по черчению))☺☺☺☺☺
@ovalwingnut7 жыл бұрын
"Temporary Tracks" as in temporarily installed in 1918? That's really increadable.. Guy just doing his job.. have to hand it to him. Not his first rodeo. With time and endless money I bet you could come up with tracks that are more "plastic, movable or rubberized (with a steel surface?). The last thing I saw with such nasty kinks was my last GF, oh Snap! Thanks for posting!
@gregwarner37533 жыл бұрын
I thought the track I built for my stepfather's amusement park railroad was marginal. At least I built on sand. This is built on mud. Amazing that it works at all.
@Rammstein459 жыл бұрын
How does it not derail?!
@hennef539 жыл бұрын
Rails and sleepers are having a soft underground, so the material can work. The loco itself has large wheels, ti drive on different
@hennef539 жыл бұрын
distances between the rails. The two axles of the loco are working like that: one hard one and one soft one. So the loco has only three points to bring her waight on the rails. It works like a chair with three legs - he safe will stand on every surface.
@garethpatterson71309 жыл бұрын
Wolfgang Cloessner i've derailed a couple of times
@williamebertz88289 жыл бұрын
It's German
@Rammstein459 жыл бұрын
I want this on Train Simulator.
@pablof5911 жыл бұрын
Off Road railing !!
@shortliner6811 жыл бұрын
I rode on a freight branch line years ago that had rails which would jump up like that. That engineer wouldn't know what to do with himself if the track were ever upgraded. Looks like he's on the ground checking his train over more than he's up in the cab.
@hoomanp37663 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the new high speed railways they are putting up
@at90percent10 жыл бұрын
Worst laid track ever. Or should I say wurst laid track ever?
@fireflyfireworks6689 жыл бұрын
Ba dum tsssssssssssssssss... will never end :)
@depressionchan83947 жыл бұрын
...
@eoinpkav1526 жыл бұрын
Pianoman 70s style javol
@anon26510 жыл бұрын
РЖД
@user-xi3nd5yb6x5 жыл бұрын
В северной германии?
@ponkkaa10 жыл бұрын
I didnt understand PEED. Peat bog, now i get it. Amazing that the train didnt just jump the tracks in fear. Tracks look like they were built by a,severly intoxicated surveyor
@CardboardSliver3 жыл бұрын
This is why you don't let Wall-Eyed Whilheim lay your tracks, Karl.
@welder087911 жыл бұрын
немецкий сапсан)))
@irelandbloke9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant videos !
@timsricochet11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, very interesting and like you said...temporary track and it will be used again in the future.
@mouser42903 жыл бұрын
It' good to see Baltimore has improved it's transit system.
@vichui97733 жыл бұрын
Yes, some day we will improve our system to this. Looking forward to that!
@Nader62010 жыл бұрын
I understand that the ground is soft and the tracks are moved periodically as the peat/peed is harvested, but it looks like no effort is made to keep it straight. I have to agree, however, that as long as it is working, there is no reason to change it. When the locomotive finally falls over, then they will straighten out the tracks.
@parkmedia11 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that these are temporary tracks! it makes no sense to bulid it more precise.
@hennef5311 жыл бұрын
Best comment since a very long time - thanks a lot!
@MetroVick9 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Similar operation in Ireland on a three foot gauge.
@hennef5311 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, you have understud the function of this temporary track - this is no loco-rodeo...
@hirushabalapitiya211410 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to see How Train run on oblique Railway!!!!
@MagictrainsOrg14 жыл бұрын
Das ist ja wohl ein starkes Stück ;)
@neumoi33243 жыл бұрын
The driver gets a good churn of the food he has eaten.
@ArchTeryx006 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't surprise me if the axles on the locomotives were articulated (could bend in the middle). That and the slow speed would allow it to get over almost any set of track, so long as it was continuous.
@Fred-by9em8 жыл бұрын
How can it be possible? ! Rail seems like chewing gum, nothing is strong... Nice video which presents the hard reality of some workers...
@efbeVideo11 жыл бұрын
Ist schon interessant, wie das Rad-Schiene-Prinzip auch funktionieren kann :-) Ich habe nur noch nicht herausgefunden, was mich immer wieder an solchen Videos über Bahnen mit schlechter Gleislage fasziniert.
@soulassassin0g3 жыл бұрын
Other nations: "Hey, what's that?" **points at train** Germany: "That was there when we got here."
@ganzmavag13 жыл бұрын
Railway tracks in Argentina are exactly like in this video. The sad is that passenger trains are running over them and we have many accidents.
@rocket3man3 жыл бұрын
Thats really cool as you don't have to use skilled workers to lay the track.
@mohammadgagat75893 жыл бұрын
People: "How's your day?" Me:
@No_Hiro11 жыл бұрын
Wow this makes the Maumee & Western (Now Naopleon, defiance and western) look like a class 1 railroad!
@WiseSnake7 жыл бұрын
Pretty neat little train. Love the sound.
@interestedErvini3 жыл бұрын
Ah reminds me of the auld peat years here in Ireland, ah the only times when I could do down to the bog lands as a wee lad and watch the wobbly train snake down.
@danielconlon23883 жыл бұрын
Still in Ballivor. Does be fun to watch
@interestedErvini3 жыл бұрын
@@danielconlon2388 ah is there, haven't been in Co.Meath for wee while now though it's been closed down.
@seigyo_zoufukuki8 жыл бұрын
How can anyone downvote this gem? :D
@LanceCampeau11 жыл бұрын
My son loves this video...
@myfeeling4you9 жыл бұрын
Thx Wolfgang, amazing, would believe it if I didn't see it
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS11 жыл бұрын
Pure magic..Ya gotta love the baby loco's. Thanks for sharing
@Neky_Hina6 жыл бұрын
That's even much slower than a crowler excavator! LOL