⁴ᴷ The Continuous Welded Rail Train Dropping Rail

Here we see an operation that is rarely viewable by passengers. The CWR train carries and delivers long "strings" of rail. The location in which the train was dropping rail allowed for one to see the operation from a public area. Enjoy!
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Taken in April 2019.

[@TheBestAMVsOfYEAR]

DJ Hammers is the Martin Scorsese of train filming.

[@purplesword5536]

Ridley scott...

[@jeremynaraine]

These mta track crews are hard workers keeping the nyc subway running.

[@skyforce2132]

Jeremy Naraine that’s a good thing

[@kimberlyvito6391]

Yup

[@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep]

I want to congratulates these MTA workers for doing such hard work and being successful on this job! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 😊😊😊

[@alb12345672]

Your fare dollars hard at work!@

[@b.griffin317]

that's one of the fascinating things about RR's; they can self-assemble and self-repair in a certain sense.

[@michaelgorman4229]

I used to be a track worker in the capital gang and started in March 1988-Dec 1991 was promoted to B-Division train operator 90 days of training

[@brxbob]

Thanks for the captions, very helpful.

[@morganlimes]

I saw this at coney island yard the other day

[@blakemcnamara9105]

So I guess in the next decade we won't hear the iconic "clacking" of the wheels against the break in the rails. It seems like all aspects of familiarity are leaving very suddenly.

[@tubblescousine257]

Interesting to see and nice!

[@quirkygirlboss]

Great shots and good job to the crew! I thought it'd be a more advanced than just dropping the tracks on but still great video!

[@brianmohammed1790]

Cool work train

[@temoramiz9517]

That's cool!

[@nyctenthusiast3507]

This was in the Lenox yard once

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Interesting video.

[@allinengineering8168]

well done. best practice to reduce noise and vibration

[@odemata87]

Nice work! I saw this train going into the East New York Yard one evening while waiting for the J. I wonder if it picked up the rail from the Linden Shop? Has anyone ever seen a train use that connection where the IRT connects to the BMT over by Livonia?

[@afcgeo882]

Raoul Simon Another poster did say it gets the rails from the Linden Blvd shop.

[@lol-ug2ry]

Nice

[@mxsalm]

Love your videos man. MTA makes septa look beyond boring. Lol. I love working for roadway for Septa but we're so far behind MTA. I wish I could transfer there 🤣

[@cruzechevy3485]

You probably could, it would be cool if Septa and marta had a work train like mta NYC

[@RF_NY1]

How would they navigate a curve, a tight curve with welded straight rail? Or even go on a turn out? Got me thinking and I'm not seeing how!

[@jdinhuntsvilleal4514]

Nice. So now how do they deploy the CWR for NEW track? (Not replacing track.)

[@eaopster5919]

How do u catch these kind of trains randomly

[@agr804]

I was just there

[@rahimuddin7892]

Whats Happens For Ocean Parkway Rails

[@jendel42750]

Almost as interesting is watching the PD ("power distribution") teams maintain the third-rails in the system. They actually cut and weld those rails while they're charged with 600 volts (255 amps) of electricity. I doubt even the late, great Evel Knievel ever would've had the nerve to do that job!

[@blackopscw7913]

Interesting

[@yuuycockdemnations69420]

Cool! I've seen this before.

[@queens.dee.223]

Do you know how the CWR is loaded onto these flat cars? It looks like they have an integrated gantry. Do they just pull them off of a conventional railroad consist? I've seen NYCTA flat cars on their own wheels in a "real" railroad freight yard, so I guess it's possible they send them out into the world empty and get them delivered loaded. Maybe it's something else! I'd be curious to know! KZbin is deciding to show me your CWR videos now. They are great videos!

[@RailsSouth]

Do you know what weight of rail MTA uses on the Subway?

[@ArgosySpecOps]

These strings are 100lb rail. I don't believe any other weight would be able to make all the serpentine/hairpin turns in the system without issue.

[@Ramseylove]

I Never see Welded Rail Train Dropping Rail before

[@K1_Trains]

Im guessing that over the weekend this is why there was no A south of JFK Because they were replaceing the tracks

[@generalissim01]

Hey Dj Hammers, I've always wondered, Why do the wheels on these trains have those white markings on them? I've seen them as a little kid, and everyone I've asked cant give me an answer.

[@DJHammersTrains]

Those white markings exist so that they can be used as an easy indicator to check if a wheel is rolling or not. It’s used to catch things like frozen axles, locked brakes, etc. Hope this answers your question! :D

[@alb12345672]

There are companies that have complex software systems that read those markings with special cameras and software. They can tell alot about the health of the wheel. This is one upstate NY, I actually interviewed there. www.iem.net/commercial-motor-vehicles?id=149 Another... www.selectravision.com/wheels.php

[@coloradostrong]

@@alb12345672 Perhaps you should interview a dictionary and discover that _Alot_ is a town in India and _a lot_ is more than one of something.

[@paradoxum_scout]

7:00 were you on a R32 or R42?

[@Anthony-ls6st]

Why do they lay does rails on the track? What is the purpose if them? Why aren’t the express track used for service?

[@Anthony-ls6st]

@Ali Muhammad Thank you for the info!

[@kaygetsbusy]

@Ali Muhammad they should just use the rail gangs instead

[@afcgeo882]

Ali Muhammad If the track is never used, why is so much money being used to replace it and the signals on it?

[@purplesword5536]

I like the track geometry 🚆 better...

[@rdgk1se3019]

How long are those cars that carry the rail?

[@ArgosySpecOps]

50 feet+/- each.

[@HollywoodRoseJack]

May I ask you what camera your using?

[@coloradostrong]

_You're_ using, as in "you are".

[@b.griffin317]

5:30 and the track falls right where it's supposed to be? does it need to be adjusted (shifted laterally) after falling off the track laying train?

[@b.griffin317]

@Ali Muhammad thanks!

[@R.A.-X65]

MTA workers keep the system afloat.

[@The_VAMON]

How are the strings loaded onto the train?

[@vlogsquad4266]

At Linden shop , located on Linden Boulevard. The train has a winch that pulls it on to the train

[@The_VAMON]

@@vlogsquad4266 thank you

[@vlogsquad4266]

vamon33 you are welcome

[@arifakyuz7673]

What is the purpose of the welded rails on the tracks?

[@mikepignatelli273]

Better continuity for the DC Negative and the Signal rail

[@Clipper1094]

Ali Muhammad is that why we hear the iconic “dun dun dun dun...... dun dun dun dun” sound when the train pulls into the station?

[@kaygetsbusy]

Supposedly to stop the clacking noise

[@pubggamer2022]

Why don't letter trains use the express track like the N and W lines from Astoria blvd to Queensboro Plaza

[@joet5986]

Because those lines don't have a high enough frequency to utilize express service and because then if they do there will be less local trains leading to complaints from riders

[@R.A.-X65]

Ali Muhammad That pretty good idea. The (C) is really good train to rely on.

[@sonicboy678]

@Ali Muhammad That's a terrible idea. If you want to get rid of that shuttle, send all of the trains currently serving Lefferts Boulevard down to Rockaway Park, passing the former to the C. As for express service, speed alone isn't enough to justify the change.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

sonicboy678 Rockaway Park is lightly used to warrant express service. If the C were sent to Lefferts, then it would subject a large amount of people to slow local service. The Far Rockaway and Lefferts Branches have more ridership than the Rockaway Park Branch. Therefore, both should retain the express service and the lightly used Rockaway Park Branch can have C service.

[@sonicboy678]

@@TheRailLeaguer It's three stops with easy access and little in the way of length. Don't give me that bullshit.

[@daniellucas6573]

I was just thinking, hmm🤔...... If it was up to me, (with the right resources) the (H) & would become a thing for real! Here's how: ReActivate the lower level at City Hall under the (R) & (W) for the (H) local, express by enhancing the station (ADA compliance, escalators, the works)... Both these services would follow the (R) & (W): the (H) would run local during rush hours, as the would run express during the morning 🌄, noon, and evening rush hours. Other times, the (H) services would relieve both the (N) & (Q) on off peak times. Both the (H) & would follow along the (R) route to to Queens Plaza, which the (H) & would go express towards a turn off diverging away from the (E),(F),(M), and (R) onto a reactivated, rebuilt, fortified Rockaway line towards the (A) line's Rockaway branch towards JFK Airport's Airtrain to the airport: A much faster, direct train through the business districts, and midtown Manhattan through Broadway to John F. Kennedy Airport🚇✈🛫🛬! Trains can get business travelers to and from the airport directly during peak rush hours! Then now travelers can have much more options to get to the Airport✈ by rail🚇:(A),(E),(H),,(J),. That's if it were up to me though!

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Daniel Lucas The City Hall Lower Level was NEVER used. It is not even finished with tile work.

[@djlawlz4041]

This is somehow extremely interesting to me. 🤭

[@huncho1057]

So you telling me (correct me if I’m wrong) but these guys used 4 flatbed cars, and 3 locomotives to carry 4 lines of rail, and all they did was just drop it. I’m thinking they were going to replace it with the existing rail or something. But all that, all those crew members there just to drop the rail on the tracks then go home 😂😂

[@BenTheMiner]

It says 8 flatbed cars, and it's an easy job because it's all welded together so it's good

[@K1_Trains]

for your information in 2017 there was a derailment on the A-line because this was not properly place on the track the reason they are there is so it gets placed right so they don't have a another derailment like before

[@BenTheMiner]

@Ali Muhammad How is this related? And how are they doing so?

[@BenTheMiner]

@Ali Muhammad ??? Also, what do you know about light loads? Are you assuming that is light? How about the 8 other flatbed cars with all the rails and extra stuff? What if they need the other locomotives?

[@vlogsquad4266]

Ali Muhammad it’s not a light load and those locomotive engines are under powered due to EPA and emissions laws. So it takes 3 to do what 2 of the older ones can do .