The PSRM : Re-Railing a Derailed Train HD

[@thaghost909]

I'm absolutely mind blown that a few metal plates can get something as heavy as a train back on the rails.. I was expecting a much bigger operation to do it.

[@mapples5871]

Me too!

[@fernanjun14]

@thaghost Check my videos if you like this type of work

[@Locomotive450]

The 350 was built in 1945 as an Army Hospital car and carried injured troops from hospital ships at port to US Medical facilities. You can read the whole description of the car on the PSRM's passenger car roster page.

[@paulorientetheluffaranch]

Very interesting video. Had no idea this could be done with a few plates. Great job!

[@Locomotive450]

Thanks for the comment. The PSRM in an all volunteer museum, so we work there purely for fun, through good times and bad times.

[@Squarerig]

Should have called on Schwarzenegger;he would have moved it all by himself!Seriously,I had imagined or thought that this sort of work would require at least one heavy-lift crane.Had no idea that it could all be done on the ground!Thank you for the film.

[@TheRrxing]

I was definitely over thinking the situation! Totally amazing!!

[@stevehalbers]

Thought that was quite impressive. The team knew exactly what they were doing, no lost tempers and no profanities. Job well done. to those people who wonder how the Stonehenge was made, this just shows what a trained team of men with nothing more than wedges, blocks and levers can do. Only thing to criticise here is that pity the guy at the end didn't have a sledge hammer to knock out the wedged tie !

[@glennfoster2423]

Where do you think the old adage "Necessity is the mother of invention" came from?

[@rickherrera149]

Really informative! thanks for sharing!

[@casemcdonald2152]

Hmm... I thought it was done with bottle jacks, and burke bars. Learned something today.

[@glennfoster2423]

Tie plates and angle bars preceded cranes and retailing frogs to deal with "whoops." When the work train caboose fell off the rails with all 8 wheels in the crossover fouling both main tracks (how in the hell did that happen), the closest help an hour away, and Number 3 due in less than an hour, you would be surprised what a few tie plates and angle bars will do to return wheel treads up to the shiny part of the rail. Just be sure everybody is in the far distant reaches of potential and kinetic energy and has plenty of plausible deniability.

[@clearboardproductions503]

Stirling work you lot have done getting that back on.

[@derail14]

I work for a major rr company and they never use metal tie plates to rerail cars as they can come out flying like a bullet and if you get hit by that your in for a bad day, the common thing to use is blocks of wood.

[@fernanjun14]

Yes I used blocks and rerailers , cranes and even hydraulic lift and shift type equipment. Check my videos out

[@SleeTheSloth]

Great team work!

[@bptbrd66]

Well done great vid. thanks for sharing

[@norbertdx]

Ok all the experts and novice agree using plates are bad. this is a volunteer effort and they can't afford a crew to come in and do a ten minute job. they can't afford a crane or a couple of rerailers, and for some of you that have never seen ho we easy this was were just amazed. BUT NO ONE COMMENTED ABOUT THE KID WALKING AROUND at 2:11!

[@markcarey8426]

Amazing skills. Re-railing a loco or carriage? I would've thought (before seeing this) that all you could do was call for a whacking big crane. Well done!

[@sophornnmun3479]

Wow very nice video 👍

[@Locomotive450]

Honnestly, all I can say is that accidents will happen. The regular proceedure when approaching switches is to observe the points; not the arm. Situations like this serve as a reminder to be more observant.

[@johnbarham6406]

If the crew doubled checked the switch this would not have happened. That is what happens on these small railroads

[@didyman79]

I really appreciate this kind of simple-smart thinking, teamwork and experience! Congratulate! By the way, i have never seen 6-axle saloon cars, what type this old baby is?

[@glennfoster2423]

Aways back the rail was 90 lb./yd and 3 axle trucks were common for the heavyweights.

[@christopherescott6787]

One word...GENIUS...

[@robertgift]

Well done video! Manual exposure to brighten up the dark area. Or zoom in to eliminate the bright light in the frame and the camcorder will brighten the dark area.

[@mickcarson8504]

I hate train derailments. It's bad for both train and workers who have to do the difficult task to put the train back on the rails.

[@utubekhiladi]

i thought you guys might need huge cranes or something. but job well done. quick and easy!

[@robertgift]

Yes, I observe the points. But the arm not down, which can be seen earlier, should have immediately brought attention to the points. I would NEVER use tie plates which may get forced out at high speed or fracture.

[@flammabletube]

Once upon a time in the days of the Victorian Railways all trains used to carry as standard equipment a rerailer plate not sure if V-line does or not

[@ROCKSTARCRANE]

Cool stuff for a railroad buff!!

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone rerail with as much foam as this video showed. All I can say is the person who maintains the tracks, especially that switch has their work cut out for them...

[@superblue767]

well, a break down crane is a lot better and it saves you a lot more time, this was a good way tbh

[@scdevon]

I like how fast they yanked that car down the track and back up onto the rails LOL. In other videos, they jerk around for hours moving the car a 1/4 of an inch at a time.

[@partyman6666]

Is there some sort of a rule that goes back to the 1800's where anyone who works on a train has to wear overalls? I never understood why they do that and it's oddly comical.

[@lostmic]

Now I know a fast way to get my model train back on the rails.... :D

[@grumpyg9350]

Good job to all👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@joseescamilla6778]

i am impressed. wow

[@robertgift]

Why was this allowed to happen? Was the arm not observed to not be down in the locked position? Nonetheless, if no damage and no harm done, this was quite an interesting event for everyone!

[@LSM_Lover]

There good!! Cool video!!

[@lauragranger9813]

Wondering if anyone happens to know, if the car/s came completely off, falling down on their side, how long would it take to rerail? Or would it be quicker to detach the fallen cars and rerail the ones still standing?

[@jejakdigital8318]

this is very bad, the wood from the railroad tracks in the dirt piles up quickly

[@edp2260]

2:12 : kids wandering around a train accident site? That would have been me.....

[@thebuffalodude]

Well done!

[@KaiTakApproach]

Cool!

[@gabrielanthony1325]

On my HO scale set, i just rub the cars rigorously on the rerail track.....gonna make small plates now

[@marfalight]

THATS RIGHT JIMMY, WE USED TO HANG THEM ON THE TRUCK SIDE FRAME ON THE UNITS, BUT?, FRA SAID TRAINMEN WERE NOT QUALIFIED CARMEN AND THEN????, THIS NEW GENERATION PEOPLE IN CAR DEPARTMENT WOULD CLAIM TO GET HURT CARRYING THE 35 POUND RERAILER FROG FROM THEIR CAR DEPT. TRUCK TO THE DERAILED VEHICLE, THEN????, WE HIRED CONTRACTORS, THEN????, WE CUT THE CARMEN OFF.....MODERN RAILROADING 101.

[@mikeday62]

I hate getting my fingers pinched under...........you know..........all that weight!

[@DamianDeEu]

I think I need to go there and teach those Californian people how to drive a train properly! I'm an expert. I don't mean to brag, but I'm a railway builder and a train engineer in the trainz simulator. I drive them all the time...

[@lorxengxiong]

5:58 the part is rerailed

[@brianmillar5075]

Maybe you should learn the correct terminology a "train" is a group of items being hauled by something is in the English Dictionary, what was being re-railed in this video is as you Americans call it a "car" and the rest of the world call it a coach.

[@rosiehomer1492]

💯👍

[@andysim232]

intresting =)

[@fernanjun14]

Check my videos out if you like this type qork

[@haroldsmith8698]

THEY NEED TO SEND FOR RJ CORMAN THEY DO THE WORK WITH LITTLE EFFORT WHAT EVER THE JOB,. THEY ARE IN PRACTICE.

[@derail14]

dummys yer suppsed to use wood blocks, those metal tie plates could come flying out of there like a rocket

[@marfalight]

WHY THESE PEOPLE DONT USE PORTABLE RERAILING FROGS IS BEYOND ME, WE USED THEM ALL THE TIME IN THE '50'S AND 60'S, ZIP ZIP, CAR/LOCO RERAILED NO TRACK/CAR/LOCO DAMAGE......I GUESS THEY JUST WANT TO PLAY TRAIN.

[@Cockroach2008]

Should have broken out the cutting torches & cut the car apart & junked it right there. It would have been the most fitting end of that old clunker!