Railroad Diamond Replacement Timelapse, Houston TX

[@thirdgengta]

Excellent! I was hoping y'all would make a time-lapse version of this. Watched it as it happened, but the time-lapse version is much neater to watch.

[@ejandersen2878]

Great time lapse, thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@citled]

I love seeing these videos put out to the public. It shows them that railways are not all about the trains. It shows the heavy duty work required to keep trains running from A to B. Having worked on many a job like this, I wish it was as quick as the time lapse shows. This also only shows the ground work on site, not all the planning , timing, resources, manpower, coordination required in doing such a job. The best part of these jobs, after completing and signing back into use, is watching the first train go over it. Excellent well organised job.

[@HyenaEmpyema]

they're replacing the ballast (rock) below it because it actually "wears out" from all the trains smashing it down. incredible. the precision and efficiency of this crew is what makes this video worth watching.

[@citled]

Takes decades for railroad ballast to wear out, which is why granite is used because of it durability under load and in all weather condition. They generally replace ballast because the formation of it has become clogged. Ballast whilst a support system is also an important drainage system in railroads. Over time it gets clogged by natural 'dust' also railroad dust such as rail fillings and brake dust. When it gets clogged it loses its drainage ability and this causes the tracks to flood and lose it stability. In some locations, railroad ballast is removed, cleaned and returned immediately to the track it was supporting.

[@HyenaEmpyema]

@@citled thank you for clarifying.

[@kens.3729]

Work Crews are Efficient and Show Up to Work. Thanks for the Time Lapse and for Covering the Replacement LIVE. 👍🙏

[@averageguy7136]

Very impressive. Good project management to get this done in a shirt amount of time. 4 tampers going at once time is impressive.

[@newjerseyray]

very cool to watch, thanks for posting.

[@KatieWilk]

I like this time-lapse. It's funny seeing everything speeded up. It's still cool to watch this

[@garylewis3815]

It's like watching a 1:1 scale model railroad being built..😊....Great vlog..

[@markh.6687]

"Look what YOU can build with Atlas Snap Track!"

[@daar1113]

Thanks for getting the camera patched back together in time for this event. I thought for sure that Murphey's law would prevail but you beat old Murphey after all.

[@thomasgautney5586]

Wow! That was spectacular! Git-R-Done!

[@j.martin6787]

Possibly the coolest train video I have seen

[@u2bear377]

Possibly the _dustiest_ train video...

[@JawTooth]

Wow, that was awesome!

[@MrUtubeobia]

Well planned and executed work! They were ready!

[@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02]

That old diamond was in rough shape it appeared. About time for this beautiful replacement

[@jmcfarlandjr]

I just saw the definition of coordination. Great video.

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Thanks for that shot vey impressive how its done

[@mpeterll]

Nice square dance with the ballast tamping machines near the end. It looked like the crane was close to tipping with the old diamond until the excavators helped to share the load.

[@mpeterll]

@@bluejay713 Whatever they were doing, it was still cool to watch. They weren't pushing spikes though, because with panel track, all the spikes are already fully installed before the track is lifted into place. If they weren't, the track would fall apart when lifted.

[@mpeterll]

@@bluejay713 Yes, that much we agree on.

[@josephlalock8378]

it's amazing that that many people, standing around for so long, were required to do this job.

[@NOELTM]

The guys in the foreground chatting for most of the time whilst the crews worked.😉

[@robertwheeler4068]

AMAZING!!!

[@DogRedful]

1 to 1 scale Kato Unitrack!

[@yojlik]

surely I'm not the only one making vroom vroom noises whenever the dozer is doin its thang 🤣🤣

[@u2bear377]

9:30 The forklift at the left: "The show's over, kid, time to go to sleep".

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Whitch guy is the boss, the coordinator, of all the "ants? Impressive work.

[@dturner40]

0:47 interesting to see the crane actually lift the rear of its tracks off the ground picking up the diamond. I would not of thought it would be a good idea for a crane to tip forward that much lifting a load, but maybe they all do that. Never watched one in time lapse. The boom doesn't seem to tip forward....just the cab and tracks. When he is backing up with the diamond, the crane also appears to be tipping forward lifting the tracks off the ground. Just a weird sight to see. It looks like it wants to tip over, but I am sure there are tons of safety sensors in that cab to ensure it doesn't and it is all normal operation.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

It’s surprising how often they do this, and also how interesting that even after hundreds of years of railroads being around, we still don’t have a reliable track crossover that doesn’t need to be replaced every 10 years or so.

[@22pcirish]

In the UK we wash the stone before it gets to site to cut down on the hazard from dust.

[@tdluvs]

Excellent video. What are the two panel tracks on the right for. Haven’t seen anything like that before

[@u2bear377]

You mean expansion compensators?

[@kcsthebetterway]

Wish I was that fast on my model railroad😅

[@Ruvssians]

Crazy how they do all of this

[@robertsinclair9979]

No shortage of men and equipment.

[@markh.6687]

Time is money, that diamond is a major headache and revenue loss being out of service, so they pour men and equipment into the site.

[@GFSwinger1693]

Looks pretty windy.

[@SangNguyen-ic8sr]

With 10 hours later the new Diamond rails

[@intimidate2161]

what is the mesh material placed under the ballast?

[@Norfolksouthern6920]

*inserts homedepot theme

[@brucybabyy7355]

I was going to say bennie hill

[@heavenlydays2838]

The 1 thing im surprised of, is that they did not put the 2 signals to sleep as they were doing all this work. They stayed lit Red thru out.

[@irmafoster3933]

Rule No. 1. Do Not disarranged the signal system.

[@NBahnAnderl]

A nice Timelaps. Can Annyone explain why American Railways are Placed direct on dirt and Muddy Ground? In Germany there where at least 5 Feet deep Groundigs build up to have a stable and entforced Groundlevel that helps to keep te water away from the Gravel and give the Rail a smooth and leveld Bed.

[@sandysmithvideos228]

There are about 150,000 miles of track in the U.S. 7 times more than Germany. Mainline track is on top of a crushed rock, a dense graded sub-base, 3-6 feet depending on local conditions which is compacted. Above that there is typically 3-4 layers or lifts of hard rock ballast (trap rock, granite, Gniess) which is tamped and lined. Lesser used sidings receive far less maintenance possibly giving the appearance of being on dirt. When the first tracks were laid in the 1860-1900's there was very little mechanical capability to spread ballast rock. As far as the smooth and level of North American rails, they take a massive loading as the cars, locomotives and trains are vastly heavier than European equipment which degrades cross level, profile and alignment of the track. Also thermal cycling range is higher. Many areas of the western U.S. have freezing sub 10 degrees F to plus 100 degrees F in the summer.

[@nlo114]

I could watch this from start to finish, with a pack of sandwiches and a large flask of tea. Not so keen on the dust part of it though.

[@briansmith-l1q]

switches are probably bad enough, but these must do a number on the wheels, tho i have no idea, lol (makes a lot of noise tho)

[@DJShadesUK]

Narrator: They didn't replace the diamonds.

[@adrianceasar5620]

just imagine if you forget to install the sd memory card in video camera :)

[@LynnTimmerman]

Just imagine if our Government worked like that to see what they could achieve in the same time line!!!

[@vesubioromo9425]

I live here. I didn't know we had quad diamonds anywhere. Does anyone know the streets close by?

[@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02]

West Street is the crossing right by it. Tower 26 is actually marked on Google Maps if you search for it

[@vesubioromo9425]

@@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02 Thanks.

[@ronaldweir712]

Clearly no dust suppression in evidence. Some of that dust will end up in the lungs of the tracker workers

[@u2bear377]

Hope they were wearing HEPAs.

[@RDC_Autosports]

had to slow it to .25 so i could see what they were doin 😅

[@thomasgreis4688]

I’m thinking it’s not new diamond trackage. It’s the same one as before, lifted out if the way so they could fix a problem with moist or muddy ground underneath it. Did you see the cement bags and rubber sheets they used to shore it up?

[@DrLumpyDMus]

If we could get the kids at MacDonalds to work that fast, we'd have REALLY fast food!

[@shroom9033]

Lazy crane operator😂😂😂. Put some throttle in it😅

[@meht61rus]

в России такой хе..ей не занимаются, тут был бы мост

[@helixvonsmelix]

Well i suppose that they will go back and level it correctly at some point. Is this the how not to do it video?

[@rogertemple7193]

This is what I call a time lapse Railroad Diamond Replacement have a wonderful week and Halloween everyone.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇲